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We met in high school during lunch. We had both signed up for the technical program to jumpstart our college careers that would start after lunchtime. Except it was during covid, so we were sat at this long table that was 6ft apart. " Hi! I'm Danielle! What's your name? We're going to be seeing each other a lot." "I'm Andrew." I smiled. He was cute. "We're 6ft apart, right?" He looked around. "Uh, yeah?" I shifted in my seat. "Great. Then you won't smell this." A suspicious noise came from under the table. He laughed, I laughed, we ate lunch. Over the next couple weeks, we talked, exchanged numbers, he helped me pass my college algebra class, we rode to the technical school together, I would bring him McDonald's when he didn't, and everyone asked if I was his girlfriend. I was not. I was actually encouraging him to 'message the senior girl' he had talked about crushing on for months. It was an entire year later before I realized that senior girl was me.