We were a few months from high school graduation and met up with some mutual friends at Liquid Fusion- a smoothie hot spot in Northbrook. We all had a smoothie and left- Alexa thought Josh was cute and vice-versa and she was excited when he friend requested her on Facebook later that night. A couple of months later, we attended a pool party at Frankie's house. We didn't talk much that night, but Alexa happened to misplace her phone (which is still a frequent occurrence) and Josh used this as the perfect opportunity to get her number and help her find it. A few more pool parties later, we officially started dating at Alexa's high school graduation party on July 17, 2011- but only agreed to date for a month until we left for college. That did not work out like we originally thought and after growing up together, many life milestones and even some time apart we will be making it official EXACTLY 10 years later.