AT WARREN EASTON CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL. BRANDON WAS A NEW TEACHER IN THE BUILDING AND I WAS LEADING A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OVER STUDY ISLAND, WHICH IS A PROGRAM WE DID NOT EVEN USE THAT YEAR! THAT WAS HIS FIRST MEMORY. I REMEMBER HIM JUST BEING ANOTHER BALD GUY IN THE DEPARTMENT BUT WAS EXCITED THAT I HAD SOMEONE AROUND MY AGE TO NETWORK WITH.

RIGHT BEFORE YASMINE MOVED TO TEXAS, BRANDON HAD PLANNED AN ART FILLED DATE WEEKEND. WE WENT TO A COUPLE MUSEUMS AND AT THE END OF THE DAY WE ATE AT A RESTAURANT IN THE PETER AND PAUL HOTEL. LITTLE DID HE KNOW, YASMINE CALLED EARLIER TO ASK IF THEY COULD WRITE "WILL YOU BE MINE" ON A DESSERT PLATE.

BRANDON THREW A SURPRISE PARTY FOR YASMINE'S 30TH. FRIENDS AND FAMILY FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY FLEW IN. WHAT YASMINE THOUGHT WAS GOING TO BE A NIGHT OUT WITH FRIENDS AT A COMEDY CLUB TURNED INTO HER DREAM DENIM AND DIAMONDS BASH. WHILE "MARRY YOU" BY BRUNO MARS WAS BEING SUNG IN THE BACKGROUND, YASMINE DID SEVERAL TWIRLS FOR BRANDON TO FINALLY GET ON HIS KNEE AND POP THE QUESTION. BEFORE HE COULD EVEN FINISH, SHE DID WHAT SHE DOES BEST AND INTERRUPTED BY SAYING...YES!!!