Our relationship started somewhere between two kids in speech therapy at Hillcrest Elementary and our senior year of high school. Since we were little we have always been in the same group of friends, however, it wasn't until our senior year (closely related to the time frame when Gabe got a real haircut) that we realized that this could be something more than a friendship. The first weekend in December 2013 marked the first swim meet of my senior season. The team was boarded onto the bus outside of the high school when Gabe and a friend walked out for lunch, this was when something inside of me decided to open the window and throw my head out and yell out to an unassuming Gabe that I'd text him when I was home from my meet (good thing the swim team had to take school buses, the liner windows don't roll down). That night I asked my parents if I could have someone over and I'm positive the only reason they said yes was because when they asked who, I said Gabe McClafferty (My mom will probably back me on that assumption). We watched some insignificant movie and when he left that night we were completely unaware that we just started the most exciting adventure yet.