Our story is a cliché "guy gets trapped in the friend zone" except in the end, he actually won. It started back in college when Sam and Dustin discovered that they were in a youth orchestra together but didn't know it at the time. As they went through the painstaking classes at Miami, Dustin and Sam became closer and Dustin saw what could be. As he approached her, she denied him. Not just once; but three times. After months of perseverance, and fake flirting, she finally said yes... or just gave up with other guys and settled for Dustin. Either way, he got what he wanted which is exactly what he wants in life.

Knowing that our lives would soon separate us, reality sunk into us that we should "seal the deal." As we traveled to the Indiana State Fair to watch Richmond High School's marching band compete, Dustin hatched his ingenious plan in which Samantha had absolutely no clue. We were in line for a ride and Samantha decided that she did not want to ride it (*shock*). Dustin repeatedly explained, "I will make it up to you." But to no avail, Samantha got her way (which happens a lot... because she is normally right). Nonetheless, we were lazy and decided to journey across the fairgrounds via chair lift. It was upon this attraction in which Dustin asked the question to spend the rest of his life with Samantha. She was in shock, meanwhile he was petrified of dropping the ring off of the chair lift. She said "yes" and now the real journey (albeit, not in chair lift) begins.