We've known each other since middle school! We became friends in high school, having two years of math class together. We sat next to each other in Mr.Rogers' statistics class, where we would whisper to each other as he shot Nerf darts at us to get us to stop. But he never separated our seats. After high school, we went our separate ways: Abhiram to India to complete his MBBS and Maria to college, followed by the Peace Corps. We both made our way back to the United States due to COVID. Abhiram asked if Maria was back in Hershey in April of 2021 to hang out at Gelder Park (the same place we used to hang out together in high school) and catch up since we hadn't seen each other in years. Many Sheetz dates later, and here we are!