Like many young people nowadays, we met on a dating app. After talking for a few weeks, we agreed to meet in person. On an early October day, we met for dinner at a restaurant that was located about halfway between us. T- I was nervous about going on a date with such a beautiful woman, so much so that I took notes and had talking points ready. S- Before heading into the restaurant, I had to look up his name and profile picture again. I tried not to get too attached before meeting someone on the app. T- When I talked to her, I could really see her paying attention to me, hearing me, and genuinely caring about what I had to say and think. S- I could tell Travis was nervous, but I enjoyed talking with him. He asked me questions about my passions and shared stories about his own interests. Near the end of the date, he mentioned that he had prepared talking points for our date. My first thought was “What if he can’t hold a conversation without notecards?”. So, I told him no notecards for our second date. We agreed on going rock climbing and scheduled the day. T- I had a mild panic attack when she told me I couldn’t prepare, so it was nice that she chose something active for the second date to preoccupy my brain. I wanted to bring her something special for the date, but I couldn’t find a bouquet, so I got a whole pot of flowers. White lilies somehow matched her energy in my mind. S- I arrived at the rock climbing gym panicked that I was running late. I rushed inside, completely missing Travis in the parking lot with his flowers. After texting him that I was inside, Travis left his flowers in his car and joined me. The conversation flowed naturally. When our rock climbing session was over, we headed to the cars, and he pulled out the flowers he had gotten me. It was a pot of beautiful Calla Lilies. I knew then that Travis was going to be different than the other guys I had dated. He was going to be someone really special. T- I didn’t want the date to end after that, so I asked Steph if she’d like to catch some dinner together at a local sushi place. She agreed, and we were off. I realized when we sat down for dinner across from each other that this wasn’t the type of woman I wanted to sit across from; no, she was the one I wanted to sit beside from now on. S- After dinner, we walked aimlessly around downtown. We shared our hopes and dreams. I wanted to know everything about Travis and for him to know me. We ended up playing 20 questions. At this point, Travis had still not kissed me. So, for my last question, I asked him when he planned to. He responded with the most passionate kiss I’ve ever received. T- After that second date, the weeks blurred together, repeated weekend trips to Charlottesville, movie date nights, meeting friends, exchanging Chipotle bowl orders, and morning breakfast conversations. Those led up to a weekend trip I took to Pittsburgh to meet some friends for a “Friendsgiving.” Steph couldn’t go to it, she was going to her god-daughter’s birthday party. On the way back home, we talked on the phone. S- We had quickly become inseparable, but on the weekend of Halloween, we both had separate plans to visit friends in PA. On our way home from our respective trips, we spoke on the phone. At some point, Travis mentioned that he had to stop to charge his car soon. We realized that we were both on 81 and approaching the same exit. We had been driving next to each other for over an hour and hadn’t realized. It felt like fate. T- We decided to hang out and chat while my car was charging. One hour quickly became many. I had been thinking about becoming official with Steph for a while now. I didn’t think asking her so early in our relationship was appropriate. So I wanted to ask her about ‘eventually’ dating in 3 months or so, which felt a lot more reasonable. S- “Why not start dating now?” That’s when our “me” became a “we” and every day since has felt like a sweet symphony of us.