We had a biology class together our sophomore year of high school in 2011. We were assigned to be table mates for the whole term. At first, Austin wouldn’t talk to me and I had to force him to. A couple of weeks went by and Austin finally opened up and we became really good friends. A few months later, he asked me to go to the movies with him not knowing this was our first date. We dated all throughout high school and into college and the beginning of his Navy career. We reconnected when he came back home after 2 deployments. After catching up and seeing each other again, we have been inseparable. We both felt like we had gotten our best friend back and couldn’t be happier to be spending the rest of our lives together.