It all began in the summer going into our senior year in high school. Actually, we had previously met each other at a lunch with mutual friends a year before, but Emily didn't remember meeting Austin. We went to rival high schools, but that summer, we ended up working together at our neighborhood pool. Austin taught swim lessons and Emily was a lifeguard. Austin remembered Emily and one day, while she was on the lifeguard stand and he had a break, he went up to her and they started talking. This would be the routine the rest of the summer, until one day Emily told him it was her last day at the pool for the summer. Later that day, Austin finally asked her on a date.......Emily told him she'd have to check if she was free. Austin went home thinking that she had rejected him, until she texted him later that night (after she had legitimately checked her schedule) saying she was in. 7 1/2 years later, after four long years of college at different schools, and a few more spent driving between Gainesville and Tampa every weekend, Austin finally asked Emily to marry him!