We have grown up together. We saw each other at church events and, once he moved out of his moms house, at her grandmas house for holidays. We both had an unknown attraction towards each other, his beginning on a church trip to North Carolina and hers at a church lock-in. As we grew up, we became closer and soon became best friends. We were able to talk to each other about everything. After awhile we decided to go out on a “friend date” where she told him very clearly that nothing more would come of this relationship. Thankfully, she changed her mind and we began dating a month later.
We had gone out to dinner with her grandparents. After dinner we headed back to their house and her Nana asked her if she had seen the changes they had made to the backyard. We went out back to one of her best friends setting up a camera in the middle of the yard. She looked to the right and there were lights, lanterns, and rose petals. He turned on our song, "Beautiful Crazy", and we danced. After a few minutes he got done on one knee, kicked over a lantern and asked her to be his forever.