I (Sara) was a food runner at Huey's, a local burger joint in Memphis. Every Wednesday night we offered trivia, free to play. I was still pretty new on the job, so regular customers were not familiar with me yet. My friend Sara Rhoton, however, was a favorite server for one particular team -- Thunderstruck. As we both offered service to this team on trivia nights, she was dubbed Primary Sara and I was Secondary Sara. I gave Thunderstruck the winning answer for a final question ("Put the following American Idol winners in order of who won first and who won most recently. You're welcome.) I didn't know Derek's name at that point, and that was the last time I'd see him for a while -- he was in medical school, although I didn't know that at the time. Fast forward roughly a year and a half later, when John (founder of Thunderstruck), his wife (and my now bff) Jessie, and I all meet for trivia on Wednesday (I'd stopped working Wednesdays, and was now a team member, only there to spend time talking about dogs with Jessie.) Derek showed up for trivia too! We finally began chatting that night. His weird matched my weird, and I found myself unable to imagine a life without him. On January 29, 2020, we went to play trivia. At the time my mind was preoccupied with my sister's health (helllloooo anxiety. it's ok, she's all good new #HeartSurgerySisters). I was literally on and off crying all night. Derek had brought a box to trivia that said "love" -- I shook it, it sounded like a blender bottle was inside. At the end of trivia, my eyes red and puffy, I'm sitting there in my sweatpants and my hair is still wet from my shower... I got to open the box. A box I was supposed to open on new years, I think. And there it was - a blender bottle. some AA batteries. an almost-empty pack of gum. and the box. the smaller, cuter box. with the most beautiful ring. "Maybe you wanna date forever?" See ya June 6, 2021, Brain.