The year was 2017. There were no masks, and people actually worked next to each other in buildings. Shanti was finishing up her training at Vanguard and had just been assigned her new team and her new desk. She came to what would be her new row in the back corner of the building with one of her friends and found a few random guys sitting there talking. One of them was Greg. He thought, that girl is cute, she on the other hand has no recollection of this meeting. They sat a row apart for a whole year, occasionally talking when Greg stopped over to say hello. They laughed together at Friends references; they were often the only people laughing, since they were the only ones who knew every line of the show by heart. Before long, regardless of how that first meeting went, they found themselves starting to talk more and more, even talking outside of work, staying up later and later each time. Then one afternoon after work, they went to the mall because Greg is a last minute shopper and needed help choosing Christmas presents for his family. After a successful shopping trip, Greg asked Shanti if she wanted to get dinner and unknowingly took her to her favorite restaurant- Maggiano's. When their server came over he asked, "Are we celebrating anything special this evening or just here for date night?" They looked at each a little apprehensively and said, "I guess we're here for a date." And the rest as they say, was history!