Alex and I met for the first time at an Ice Cream social at Moody Bible Institute. My roommate (and soon-to-be best friend) Charlie and I went to meet some of the upperclassmen from our sister floor and see some of the friends we had met during orientation. There I met Alex and her friend Rachel. A few days after the ice cream social, they invited us to hang out in Wicker Park. We went to a book store and got ice cream, and it became very apparent that Rachel and Charlie were very interested in each other. The hangouts went from groups of eight to six to eventually just the four of us. At the end of one of our late-night hangs, Alex said to me, "So how long until this happens?" referring to Rachel and Charlie. I responded, "I'm not sure but it's coming. But whatever happens, I got you if you got me." She agreed, and from there we started a great friendship. We were there for each other in our highs and our lows. We cried together, we talked sense into each other, we laughed together, we were each intentional about the other and always honored each other. We had a great friendship that we often had to defend to others who assumed we were dating. It wasn't until the summer of 2021 that feelings became not-so-platonic for the both of us. Charlie first acknowledged that "things had changed," and my brother Kolby saw us interact for about 2 hours to see that there was “something there.” I had noticed the difference too. The blinders came off, and suddenly my best friend was this radiant woman that I couldn't take my eyes off of. Goodbyes became harder and harder, and I would do anything I could to see her. I finally got up enough courage to tell her how I felt, and I was relieved to find out she felt the same way. After 2 weeks of dating, I knew there was no one else I would rather spend the rest of my life with, having her back, 'til death do us part. -Cameron