We met at the most awkward period of someone's life. Middle school. You're growing into your body, things are different, you smell a little now, and all the sudden, you're noticing boys. I noticed Hunter the moment I saw him and I knew things were going to be different from that first glimpse. I tried becoming his friend at first, but in that endeavor, made myself out to be a kind of music snob (I wanted to impress him with my Ozzy knowledge, okay?). After some time, we did finally become friends and once I introduced him to my then step-brother, Trevor, he never stopped coming around. They would play guitar together, jamming to the likes of Avenged Sevenfold and Bullet for my Valentine and... I would just sit in the corner, enthralled, being that annoying little sister in an attempt to make Hunter notice me. Years passed, and he became my best friend. Skip forward some, I have to move to Memphis, he finally confesses after I had spent years pining over him with no glint of interest returned, and... I say no thanks. I thought moving would mean that I would finally be rid of the torment that was crushing on school heartthrob, winner of the talent show years in a row, had the cutest smile, had that jawline that could cut, owner of the PRETTIEST eyes (you get the point) guy that was Hunter Linderman... but it wasn't something that I could escape. 2017 we surprise Hunter for his graduation. The moment he opened that door, I knew that every feeling I had tried to bury for the guy in front of me was for not. Thankfully, this time, Hunter felt the same and on May 27th, 2017 we began dating. After nearly a decade together, we're ready to take that next step. We've seen each other through it all and managed to be as hopelessly in love as that moment when he opened the door and saw that I was the one on the other side. One thing I don't mention often is that I had a friend, Kassidy, who knew Hunter before I officially moved down here in 2012. I remember her coming home from school one day, looking at me with this dead serious look on her face and saying, "Ozalynn! There is this guy in school, his name is Hunter, and you're going to fall in love with him." How right she was.