It was in the year 2006, at the most unlikely of establishments — a modest tavern known as Outback Steakhouse — where fate first intertwined their paths. she, a mere hostess of tender years, and he, a dashing bartender named Chad. Alas, the propriety of the times (and the inconvenient matter of her age) forbade anything beyond coy glances and secret affections. As seasons changed, she departed for her scholarly pursuits, and he ventured forth into the world of clever machines and whispered codes — or, as one might say in modern parlance, “IT.” Thirteen years passed like pages in a well-loved novel, until — by way of the mysterious and most modern calling card known as Facebook Dating — destiny saw fit to reunite them. And thus, a once-forbidden affection was given its long-awaited encore.