We met at coconut grove in Kona at a kava bar. Consumed for centuries by Polynesians and Hawaiians, Kava (or awa) is a soothing beverage made from the root of the kava plant. Annalise was too busy talking to fall for my first attempt at a conversation. I was rejected and sent back to the kava bar. Upon dissing me she must've changed her mind because 5 minutes later she came up to me sitting alone at the kava bar and asked if I'd want to talk with her and friends. Our next date was at a beach in south Kona and from there we spent many afternoons at the beach when I got off from school. I told her I loved her a couple months later and now here we are planning our wedding and the merging of our two lives..