We first met in 6th grade, and both unknowingly shared similar interest in music and signed up for band class. He was the cute, cool, long haired drummer boy and I was the quiet quirky clarinet girl. Throughout middle school we grew closer together since we had many of the same classes. We developed innocent crushes for one another but were both too shy to move past being friends. We remained close through early high school until he switched schools. We lost touch during that time period but our feelings for each other never faded. Many years later we managed to rekindle our innocent crush when he asked me on our first date to Red Mango. Now we continue our ice cream dates with the sweetest addition of our baby girl, Nayeli.