We're getting married!

We were assigned to sit together in Spanish class in our sophomore year of high school. Our teacher, whom we still talk to, said she put us next to each other because Elijah was so quiet and I, Mariaya, never shut up. We became the closest of friends, always playing games together and laughing about how bad we were (and still are) at Spanish. When members of my family (talking about you, mom!) were having bad health issues that year, Elijah was the only person to constantly ask me about how she was doing, and if I was okay. I loved him then, I just didn't know it yet. We remained friends throughout high school, always knowing we could count on each other when the other needed a pick-me-up. Summer going into senior year, we began to get close again. At the beginning of our senior year, I was the one to ask him on a date. We didn't know it was a date, but it was. We hiked for over three hours and caught up on each other's life. When we parted ways, we continued to talk and text each other all day. We hung out the next day, and the day after that, and the day after that, and so on. After one week, he finally had the courage to ask me to be his girlfriend. I said yes immediately, and we've been inseparable since. Te amo!