Trevin and I started as best friends, inseparable in laughter and adventure during our sophomore year of high school. For a year, we built a friendship that felt effortless, like we had always known each other. But it wasn’t until life pulled us apart that we truly understood what we had. The summer before junior year, Trevin moved away to Montana, and suddenly, the space between us made everything clearer. We talked every day, our conversations stretching late into the night, turning from friendship into something deeper—something neither of us had fully realized before. The distance only made our hearts grow fonder, and what once was an unbreakable friendship became undeniable love. Months later, Trevin came back home to Hood River, and from the moment we saw each other again, we knew—we couldn’t let go. From that day forward, we were inseparable, sharing now twelve, going on thirteen incredible years of love, growth, and a bond that had been written in the stars long before we ever knew it.