We met when I was in 8th grade of middle school, James was a Sophomore in high school at the time. James was just my brother's friend who always had to wait for him to finish getting ready as he is always running late. We ended up having our first conversation to pass the time while he waited and soon became friends as this was the new routine anytime James and my brother had plans. It was just that, a friendship until I was 17 and James admitted that he had a crush on me since the first day we met. We started dating 12/18/2012 and high school graduations, jobs, college graduations, moving out and then buying a home together came and went and it all led to this. I'll make sure to thank my brother for running late, and now James waits for me to finish getting ready and I always make us late.