It started off as a mutual interest (a direct challenge rather) in the game of basketball. We first met up at the cupcake shop Baked and Wired for tea and dessert. Unfortunately, they had run out of the vegan cupcakes that Shanna could eat (hold on, this comes back later). Despite the lack of cupcake, our basketball banter materialized into a one-on-one game of HORSE for our second date, the victor of which shall remain nameless. As we were winding down a successful date and saying our goodbyes, Denzel handed Shanna a Baked and Wired vegan cookies and cream cupcake. “When did you get this?” Shanna asked. “I went this morning so I knew they wouldn’t run out,” Denzel replied. We smiled as we went our separate ways, but we both knew then that this was just the start of our story.