#LiterallytheLinders 07.17.2020

Shortly after Lexi's parents moved to Lincoln from Las Vegas, she decided to get a summer job on the South side of town, channelling her love of french fries into working for The Big Bird-- Red Robin. Upon arrival for her first day, she was sitting at table 33, patiently awaiting managerial instruction. That's when Jake walked over to the table. He politely introduced himself, offered Lexi a glass of water while she waited, and explained he would be her trainer while she learned the ropes. Over the summer, Jake and Lexi would bond over their love for dry humor, meme culture, and horror movies, specifically the Saw series. The rest? Well that's history.

Feeling nervous and anxious to see Jake outside of work, Lexi almost cancelled their plans to watch a movie together at her house on Holdrege Street. After some reassurance from Autumn, Lexi decided to have a margarita and see what would happen. Due to the lack of a DVD player, the plan was to find something on Netflix. Lexi anticipated most of the date would be scrolling through the endless lists, trying to find anything that looked interesting, but not so fascinating that she couldn't also talk to Jake at the same time. Little did she know that Jake would arrive with a secondhand DVD player from a store down the road, the entire Saw movie collection, and a flask full of Fireball. The two lovebirds had instant conversation from opposite ends of the couch, laughing despite the screaming in the background. By 4 AM, they had watched three movies, and decided to call it a night. And that's how James Wan and Leigh Whannell made the best love story series you've ever heard of!

11/22/2018: Jake decided he wanted to take Lexi on a trip to Las Vegas to see her parents as a Christmas gift. The plane was to leave at 3:30 PM from Grand Island on February 3rd, 2019. 02/03/2019: The two were at lunch when the discovery was made... The flight had been changed to 12:50, and it was already 12:30! There was no way they could make it in time. Their trip was going to be cut short a full day. 02/04/2019: Jake had originally planned to propose this day while at Red Rock National Park, but due to the flight fiasco, there was no time to go on a hike. The weather in Las Vegas was also an uncharacteristically bitter, even bringing down hail! 02/05/2019: Lexi booked a hotel room on Fremont Street to celebrate her birthday. Unexpectedly and to Jake and Lexi's great pleasure, Ray came along, and some plans changed. Instead of going to dirty bars, the group grabbed pizza and beers. With all the fun-having, Lexi and Jake didn't even make it out to experience Fremont, falling asleep before even getting out of the hotel. Thanks to Ray for providing all the bottles of water for the next morning! 02/06/2019: After binging at the buffet, losing bingo once again, and blowing money at the arcade, Lexi and Jake decided to stop by Red Rock National Park for a couple pictures, even though it was cold and there were only 15 minutes until closing, so almost no one else was around. Jake suggested going to the Strip, but had to do some slight convincing. He got them lost on I-95 and I-15, but eventually routed them to the Bellagio. They had made it just in time to see the fountain show, done to Your Song by Elton John. They then made their way to the conservatory. Another couple agreed to snap some pictures of Lexi and Jake. Just as Lexi started walking back to the couple to get her phone, Jake said, "Wait, could you take one more? Lexi, I actually have something to ask you." and got down on one knee. Obviously Lexi said "YES!"