When the Day met the Night

We first met in 8th grade, just a couple of kids with their whole lives in front of them. We initially failed to hit it off, due to my awkward demeanor and shy personality. However, a year later, we began to bond over a shared love of superheroes and epic movies, along with a passion for acting. Fast forward to our freshman year of college, and Ally was my closest friend in the world. We did everything together, causing many people to point out that we would make a cute couple. We would scoff at such an idea - the very notion of dating my best friend was more far-fetched than the superheroes we obsessed over. Enter summer of 2017, that all began to change. I began to spend more time with Ally than I had ever before, and pretty soon I was pierced by Cupid's arrow. My feelings were kept hidden for a year, as I feared losing my best friend if a romantic relationship went sour. Eventually, my heart became too heavy for me to keep it a secret any longer. In May of 2018, I asked Ally Kuntz on a date, to which she accepted. Shortly after, we became an actual couple. A year and some change later, we find ourselves here - engaged and more in love than ever. My best friend and I are going to spend the rest of our lives together, and I've never been so excited.

The first time I met Chase went a little rough....So rough that I have no recollection of the encounter whatsoever. According to him I was sarcastic and blunt telling him something along the lines of, "I don't remember asking" when he told me his name. I'm not convinced though, that doesn't sound like something I would do... Jump forward about a year (I think he was scared to talk to me before) and Chase and I become good friends. Fast forward even more and Chase and I are now two best friends entering into our freshman year of college. We did everything together. He was my closest confidant, my Marvel Buddy, the person I wanted to experience everything with, but he was just my best friend. If anyone tried to suggest that we were anything more or that we should be anything more I would laugh and tell them "no way!" I harbored no romantic feelings toward Chase in any way, or maybe I was lying to myself. Shortly after we did a show together in the summer of 2017, I found myself questioning whether or not Chase was JUST my best friend or could there be more there. But that scared me, big time, and I pushed those feelings down, down because I didn't want to lose my best friend. Luckily though, Chase made his intentions clear in May of 2018 when he asked me on a date. I was relieved and excited that we both felt that there could be something more to us and that we both felt we owed it to ourselves to try. Now, a little over a year later Chase asked me to marry him and I said yes! Far from ruining our friendship, our relationship means that I get to spend the rest of my life with my best friend and love of my life and I couldn't be more excited for our future together.