What was the possibility of them meeting at U of I with hundreds of different classes and thousands of students? Well for them, meeting was inevitable. During Alyssa's freshman year and Rudy's sophomore year, they had the same theatre class in a lecture hall with probably 300 other students (I know, best movie script you are about to read 😊). They had both noticed each other during the first day of class, he did not think much of it besides the fact she had beautiful eyes and she thought he was the best thing she had seen that day. They were introduced to each other by a mutual acquaintance during the first week of the semester. After their first encounter, Rudy did not know Alyssa was fond of him as he interpreted her short answers to be uninterested. After encountering each other many times outside class and engaging within the same circle, with a little help of their friends they exchanged phone numbers, set up a movie date and that is how their friendship & love story began.