We met at Northern Michigan University. Marcus was on the men's basketball team and Emily was on the women's team. We spent a lot of time together as friends in the dorms, on long road trips for away games, and grabbing dinner at our favorite Marquette restaurants. We were truly best friends for 3 years. We helped each other through breakups, rough times in school and different friendships. We were always there for each other. The week before Emily graduated, we realized we had feelings for each other deeper than our friendship. Emily graduated and moved back home to Naperville and 1.5 years later, Marcus was the newest Naperville resident.