Looking back, it’s funny to think that we spent so much time sitting next to each other without even realizing what was meant to be. In our senior year of high school, we had multiple classes together and, by pure coincidence, always ended up sitting side by side—but we never spoke. That all changed when fate (or maybe just alphabetical order) paired us for a school project. One conversation led to another, and soon Charlie worked up the courage to text me after school. From there, we talked more and more, started going on dates, and even went to both homecoming and prom together. Then, on October 12, 2021, Charlie officially asked me to be his girlfriend. What started as a simple class assignment became the beginning of our forever, and we wouldn’t have it any other way.