When we first started talking, it all began with tennis. Alyssa asked Curtis how tennis scoring worked, and of course, he took that as an opportunity to explain every detail possible. Somewhere between “love,” “deuce,” and a very passionate breakdown of the rules, we decided our first date should be at the New Albany High School tennis courts. The only issue? Alyssa had a raging ear infection. But there was no way she was going to miss the chance to meet Curtis, so she showed up anyway. We spent the afternoon playing tennis, with Curtis enthusiastically yelling instructions across the court while Alyssa unintentionally ignored most of them because she genuinely could not hear him. After tennis, we went to Mellow Mushroom for dinner, and somehow dinner turned into three more hours of talking. What started as a casual first date quickly felt like something much bigger. Between the laughter, endless conversation, and a tennis lesson that may or may not have worked, it was obvious from the very beginning that this was something special. Safe to say, it was sealed from the start.