It was a Saturday night, about six months after I had moved to Memphis, on July 28, 2018, when the universe decided "it was time." It had been a low-key day for me. I had cleaned up, ran some errands, and even went for a run that morning. That night, a group of ladies (Memphis transplants!) and I had made plans to go check out a salsa spot, called the Rumba Room. If you know me, then you know I can burn some shoes on the dance floor, so I was excited to go, but we almost didn't. When the time came to figure out the logistics of the evening, one by one, each of the ladies started backing down for one reason or another, so I had made up my mind that I would stay home for the night. That was until one of them texted me back and said she still wanted to go, and I didn't hesitate to say yes! To my surprise, the place had pretty good Latin music and the vibe was fantastic. We wasted no time to hit the dance floor, chatting in between songs, as one would take turns hitting the dance floor. We were having a great time. Then, out of the blue, she asks, "do you see any cute guys here?", a question I wasn't expecting so I quickly scanned the room and pointed to someone who I thought was handsome and had a positive aura around him, but I didn't think anything of it because she had said it so casually and someone had asked her to dance as she was asking, so we didn't expand on the topic after that. Unbeknownst to me, however, she took my answer seriously and had demised a plan to "get me closer" to him! If you don't know this by now, my friend's name is Nivedha, and if you don't know her, this is very much her M.O.! lol... Well, her planned worked! Somehow we had made it to the other side of the room by the end of the night -- right in the same area where this handsome man was along with his group of friends, and before I knew it, as I was standing there (people watching), she goes and grabs him and tells him to ask me to dance! I was petrified, but he smiled and said, "sure!" and extended his hand towards me. I couldn't believe it, but I didn't hesitate to join him on the dance floor -- it's hard to say "no" to a good Latin song and a handsome man who can dance!!!! ;) But the story doesn't end there. He proceeded to ask me out on a formal date that following Monday, and that's where we learned that we both lived in the same area. More specifically, we both lived in the same building... his apartment was right above mine! Six months living above each other and we had never crossed paths until this day. We've been together ever since!