One fine weekend, Shannon and her friend Lucero went on a road trip to CSU to visit their other friend Kyla. Upon arrival, they were hanging out in Kyla's dorm when this tall, lanky and weird boy walked into the room. As he introduced himself as Drew, Kyla's floor-mate, Shannon's phone began to ring. She glanced at the screen to see that it was another friend that they all knew, but they were taking their time before visiting with her. Shannon said she didn't want to answer it and then Drew reached over, snatched the phone and answered it. Before anyone could react, he began doing his best Borat impersonation to the girl on the other end of the line. It lasted for about two minutes before Drew hung up on her and handed the phone back. Everyone couldn't help but laugh at what had just happened. Afterwards, Drew returned to his dorm room to play the latest video game and Shannon and her friends proceeded to take on "college life" by finding some parties. Drew and Shannon wouldn't interact with each other again until the summer of 2014.

It was the summer of 2014. Drew was working part time for an inventory company and Shannon was working for Starbucks. In a majority of their free time, weekends, and days off, they always seemed to find each other visiting Kyla's house. Familiarity turned into friendship, and friendship morphed into feelings. Things came to a boil on the night of July 4th, 2014 when Kyla called Drew in the wee hours of the morning (not so sober) to tell him Shannon had a crush on him. From there, Drew and Shannon had their first date playing campus golf and watching Tarzan. That first date resulted in their first eskimo kiss, and later, their first kiss.

After their first date and kiss Shannon broke her foot falling (or being pushed) off of a utility shed (not so sober). Due to the distance and lack of time spent together, Drew began to worry if they could make it as a couple. One day while visiting Shannon in Greeley he told her they should just stay friends. This broke Shannon's heart...

Toward the end of Summer Kyla, Drew, and Shannon had scheduled a trip for an Ed Sheeran concert in Arizona before school started. Shannon and Drew hadn't spoken since they decided to "remain friends." They had decided to split one hotel room for cost. Kyla got her own bed; Drew and Shannon bunked up. Before falling asleep, Drew looked at Shannon and kissed her before they went to bed. The next day things went on like normal. They all attended the concert and had a good time, and then made the arduous drive back to Colorado.

A couple weeks of the Fall semester went by when, out of the blue, Drew received a message from Shannon that she wanted to talk. It wasn't fair that they still clearly had feelings for one another but couldn't be together. They met in Fort Collins but were interrupted by friends who wanted to party. That night while Drew and Shannon were alone, laying on the floor (not so sober), Drew did what he should have done months ago and asked Shannon to be his girlfriend. 2 weeks later he told her he loved her... A month after, she told him she loved him back... 2 years later they moved in together... Another 2 years later and they adopted their dog, Spot... On September 12th 2019, he asked her to marry him on the Cliffs of Dover in England. She said she'd think about it. (Update: after much consideration, she said yes.)