Ok so boom! We went to the same high school and had a lot of mutual friends but we weren't friends. We were at some of the same social gatherings, have been to parties at each others homes but again, we weren't friends. A few years after high school, a good friend of mine (may she rest peacefully) ran into him and the Man of Honor (Bilal) at Quiktrip and they started to catch up. She ended up wanting to link with them, so we did and surprisingly, it was a good time. We caught up about the last few years, had some good laughs and became good friends. As time went on, he was my best friend and that love for my friend turned into a love for him as a person. He tried to tell me that he wanted to give us a shot but I wasn't hearing it because I cared too much about what other people thought and I knew he was a ladies man. Fast forward, we went through our share of ups and downs with each other and other people we were dating but it in the end, we knew we both loved each other. When the time came that we were both single, he reached out and I reached in, and we made this a thing!

So of course we actually met in high school, but we were in different circles so we barely interacted. It wasn't until a year or so after high school when I ran into a friend who just so happened to be a friend of Juanita's also. One day we all linked up for a good ol' smoke session that was filled with endless laughs and crazy stories and that was the beginning of our actual friendship. After that first session, it became a regular thing for us to link up everyday after work to just unwind from the days troubles and just simply bond, but sometimes our mutual friend couldn't come so me and Juanita's friendship started to grow stronger and stronger to where we were actually venting and confiding in one another. Time moved on and we actually went from just friends to best friends! We were literally together every day!! I even started getting questions from my friends like, "Are you and Juanita dating or something cause y'all sure do hang out a lot?!" Even though the attraction was there nothing was solidified so the answer was always "naw we're just friends." Fast forward a couple of years and we were both coming out of long relationships and trying to find ourselves and we found each other!

We celebrated Bobby's birthday weekend by going to shoot paintball with all of his closest friends. Of course me being the planner that I am, I put everything together for him to do a nice activity with the homies. He told me later on that day that he wanted to have a birthday dinner with just the two of us and that we could link with his friends at a lounge later. Not putting much thought into it after having a hectic day, I asked him did he have a restaurant in mind and did he already make a reservations and he said yes. I left it at that because usually I'm the one who does all the planning but it's birthday so who am I to take the lead. We went home and got dressed, and as we headed to the "restaurant" he said we needed to make a stop at our staycation in the city to grab his belt. He got out of the car at the hotel and walked towards the elevator, then turned around like he left something and said " You should just come up". As we're going up the elevator, I was still zipping up the back of my shoes and all of a sudden I heard music. I didn't want to get too excited because our anniversary just passed and I thought he may just being doing something nice. Little to my surprise , he had my mom, brother, cousin and closest friends waiting in the other room to witness this special moment. I immediately started crying and I couldn't believe MY MOM was there in the middle of the pandemic! I was so nervous, surprised and anxious that I responded with a HELL YEAH!!!! 07/11/2020 was PERFECT!!! We celebrated at Eclipse Di Luna with our family and friends, then ended the night at Opium popping bottles with our closest friends.