January 2015, Ashley was leaving from work when she got off of the elevator and saw someone she’d never seen before at the office and a coworker waiting to get on the elevator. She said “hi and bye” all in one breath as she was rushing to get to her car and leave for the day. Her thoughts, who was the tall man in the blue suit? He was handsome. Maurice doesn’t remember the “hi and bye”, so his first impression of Ashley was that she’s rude af (may not be too far from the truth). Little did she know a few months later she would see the unknown man in the blue suit at a work conference. Now, at this conference, Ashley was having a discussion with some co workers and Maurice heard her say “I can’t stand frat boys”. *We will pause the story here to say, Ashley was referring to the frat boys she went to undergrad with who thought they were invincible and better than others.* Now back to the story, Maurice overheard her comment and was offended for obvious reasons. So as Ashley tried to talk to the new guy, Maurice, he was not having it, giving one word responses and not making eye contact. It only took this happening twice before Ashley left him alone and continued to do what she needed to do for work. The week following the conference, Ashley was leaving a meeting when she walked past Maurice’s office and saw Phi Beta Sigma paraphernalia on his desk. It all clicked and the first thing she said to him was, “oh is that why you had an attitude last week?”, and his response was “yea”. Fast forward, after several conversations at work, Maurice asked Ashley out on a date on May 16. When Ashley showed up, Maurice was pleasantly surprised that she had pretty feet and wasn’t dressed like someone’s grandmother. And if you know Maurice, you already know he told Ashley just that during their date and Amaya’s Taco Village. Well, over the last seven years life has thrown Ashley and Maurice curve balls, but they didn’t strike out! Here's to celebrating them in their unity.