We’re getting married!

My friend, Alan had just joined a new band. He had been telling me for months that I had to meet the guitarist, Kevin. But I din't want to be set up, so I avoided it. But their first show was nearing and Alan and Liz invited me. Liz and I went early and hung out with the guys before the show. It was at a skating rink in the middle of nowhere. I hit it off with the tall adorable guitarist immediately. He was hilarious. After the show, Alan asked if Kevin could ride with me because they did't have room in the van. So I of course agreed to drop him off at his house. On the ride home we talked about how Liz and I were going to watch the Kelly Pavlik fight at the bar afterwards. I thought about asking him to join us, but I chickened out. Liz and I were sitting at the bar for about an hour before Kevin and Justin (the bassist and our very good friend) walked in. We hung out, watched the fight, laughed, and later sang to Duran Duran on the juke box. That was October 18th, 2008. It was Alan's birthday and coincidentally also Sweetest Day. We have been by each other's side ever since. Kevin was super clever and mentioned that he'd never seen Star Wars (One of my favorite movie series of all time.) He asked if I would watch one with him every Sunday. So he had secured six dates with me from the get go. Since then we have gone to every opening night of the new Star Wars movies together. We started calling each other Gummy Bear at some point and that has been our names for over 13 years now. Wherever we go, as long as we're together, we're in Gummy Bear Junction.