Brady and I were friends for a large majority of high school. We hung around the same crowd, had a very similar friend group. Brady tore his ACL in Jan 2017. A month later, he asked me to be his girlfriend the night before the first home baseball game.

Once Brady moved back to Marietta in May 2024, his pestering about meeting up to talk became a little more frequent. Brady would call it his perseverance. I finally agreed to meet up with full intention of telling him off. So, I suggested we walk at 3:30pm in the August heat on my hilliest walk. For the next 2 hrs, Brady proceeded to win me over minute by minute. I think I said about 20 words that walk but just listening was enough. We both sweat it out and continued to meet for Friday walks for the next few weeks. He asked me to be his girlfriend once again after watching the UGA vs Clemson game. The rest is history!