We first met in middle school, where we were in class together both our seventh and our eighth grade years. We were mostly unaware of each other until high school, when we sat next to each other in our combined English/American History class. We were partners all year, and quickly became good friends. We both liked each other, but neither of us acted on it and it led to several awkward years of us avoiding each other at all costs. We reconnected after our senior year, and again became close very quickly. In just a few months, in August of 2015, we were dating, and shortly after we moved in together. Our wedding is set for December 18, 2019, 4 years after our first real date and 11 years after we met each other. Our love was rather strange from the start, but we wouldn’t have it any other way.