Like every great love story, ours started with... middle school band class, long before either of us knew how important that would turn out to be. What started as shared sheet music and awkward small talk turned into a friendship that somehow lasted through every season of life. Over the years, we stayed friends, catching up every winter break for our annual lunch date. It became our little tradition, just two old friends swapping life updates and laughing about how much (or how little) had changed. Fast forward a few years, and after college, we both ended up back home. One spontaneous "Hey, want to come to a wedding with me?" later (yes, our first date was someone else's wedding), we realized there might be more to our story than just friendship and high school nostalgia. Three years, countless laughs, and a few unforgettable memories later, he proposed at an apple orchard, the perfect fall day to mark another chapter in our story. From band class to best friends to forever, it's been a long time coming, and we wouldn't have it any other way.