We first met in ninth grade at Lake City High School, became and remained friends throughout life. We "dated" until I got moved to private school, which made it impossible to see each other as we were only 15. We returned to friends and then both spent almost ten years trying to deny that our feelings for one another still existed out of fear of the other not feeling the same and it ruining our friendship. One we both held very near and dear, my best friend. In 2024, we both found ourselves single at the same time for the first time throughout the course of our friendship. He called me up to go out to get Mexican simply as friends as we've always been, to catch up after falling off due to no fault of our own. This began something we both never thought was possible. We found our forever right where it always was; inside a decade long friendship that never wavered, even when we went months without speaking. As adults, we found depth to a relationship we never thought was real. He quickly gained the trust I never thought I could give up again, showing he was every single thing I had ever been looking and praying for. Now we have our beautiful daughter and we cannot wait to officially begin our lives together as husband and wife!