Our story began long before either of us knew what it would become. We first met through a mutual friend just before starting our freshman year of high school. Although we attended different schools, we found our way to each other anyway and began dating at 15, celebrating our 16th birthdays together. As life often does, it took us in different directions. We eventually went our separate ways, losing touch and growing up on our own paths. For the next ten years, we didn’t speak or see each other at all—just a chapter quietly closed, or so we thought. A decade later, fate stepped back in. We reconnected unexpectedly when we discovered we were both living in Greensboro NC, and almost immediately, it felt like no time had passed. What began as catching up quickly turned into something deeper, shaped now by maturity, shared values, and a new appreciation for what we had found again. The spark was still there—but this time, it was stronger, steadier, and unmistakably right. Sometimes love doesn’t follow a straight line. Ours took the long way around—only to bring us exactly where we were always meant to be.