I met Anna during the summer of 2020 in the most 2020 way possible. During our first week of medical school, I tested positive for COVID-19 and had to quarantine at my apartment with my roommate, Sean, who had also tested COVID+. After learning of this, Anna reached out and asked if we needed anything while quarantining. Once out of quarantine, Sean, Ryan, and I met up with Anna and Kaitlin at Collins (one of the coolest bars in Birmingham), and we all became fast friends. After we finished our first block of medical school, our friend group went to Ryan’s house on Lake Martin for Labor Day weekend. It was there that Anna and I really began to hit it off. That first night of the lake trip, everyone else seemed to be talking as a group while Anna and I had a conversation just between us. One moment from this trip that stands out, in particular, is when everybody on the trip was playing Cards Against Humanity, and Anna and I kept unknowingly picking each other’s cards. It was then that we realized how similar our senses of humor were. As more time passed, my feelings for Anna grew. When it came time for fall break, I was confronted with a decision: go on a trip with several classmates to get to know them better or go on a trip with Anna and some of our friends. I decided to go on the trip with Anna to spend some more time with her. On the last night of this trip, I was upstairs watching TV, and Anna had gone to get ready for bed. I was about to go to bed when Anna came upstairs in oversized pajamas with a towel in her hair after having showered and told me with equal parts embarrassment/frustration that I was not friend-zoned, which I had admitted to her had happened a few times prior. Soon after, I asked Anna on our first date for drinks at the atomic cocktail lounge. The rest is history. -Spencer