The summer of 2013 is when we began our journey of love. We were both athletes at Firestone Highschool, which caused us to see each other quite a bit during workouts and practices. There was always a hint of attraction and love between the two of us, but we never truly acted on it until the beginning of our junior year. On October 8th, 2013, we became boyfriend and girlfriend.

Bryce reached out to our friend David to help execute the plan. We dressed up really nice for once. We went out to eat hibachi, one of our favorite meals to eat together, and after the dinner date we went to the Toledo Zoo Christmas light show. We walked around the majority of the park and then Bryce showed me a snapchat of David and his girlfriend who were also at the light show. Bryce made it seem like it was a"coincidence" and suggested we meet up with them to get a group picture. We took a group picture, and then as Bryce and I got our picture taken as a couple, he got down on one knee!

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