Paris and I met in the hallway at Ronald E. McNair High School thanks to his cousin Jesse Davis. However, the encounter was very brief. He introduced himself saying "What's up, I'm Paris". I could tell he was nervous so I gave him a quick hi and bye because I had to go to class. Initially I wasn't interested because he wore a high-top fade which was weird to me at the time. He came to all of my softball games, home and away, and eventually won me over. He even made signs to cheer me on. After a few months of talking on the phone until his dad made him get off because he had curfew, we went on our first date to Starlight Drive-in Theatre and saw this terrible, supposedly horror movie called Jennifer's Body. The next day, we made our relationship official.

It was Thanksgiving night. I spent the day with my family and Paris came by after. I left with him to visit his family which was just our normal holiday routine. I had no clue that he had plans of proposing to me. When we arrived at his aunt's house no one was there but that didn't ring the alarm. I asked where is everyone and he told me that they'd went "black Friday shopping". We stayed there for a few because he said he had to "use the bathroom". Little did I know he was buying more time for everyone to be in place. When he finished, we left and went to my mother's house. We got there, I proceed to go upstairs but no one was there. I went into the garage and there everyone was. My mom, dad, sisters, brother, friends and all of his family were all there. I was so surprised. Paris got down on one knee and my heart dropped. Little Rascals is my favorite movie so he started his speech by reciting Buckwheat's Poem to Darla. I tried to hold my tears in but I cried like a baby. He asked for my hand in marriage and I said yes. From that moment we were engaged!!!