In the middle of August, Aden decided to fly out to visit his college friend, Andy, in Syracuse, New York. Little did Aden know that Andy was setting him up with his girlfriend's roommate, Amanda, and that he wasn't going to leave the same way he came.

To be able to tell this story, we have to go back a few months before they met. After months of Amanda joking with Andy that he had to pay her back and set her up with a guy, he finally informed her that he had a friend from college visiting in a few months and would want to set her up. To make sure that she would be interested in him, Andy asked her what she was looking for in a guy. Well, in short, he got checkmarks on everything so it was a go to set them up.

When the time came for Aden to visit Syracuse, Amanda happened to be out of town so her roommates were able to scout him out for her. When she got back, both houses went out to eat Monday for half-priced sushi, which was a regular spot for the friend group to go. This is where Amanda finally met Aden. After ending the night with ice cream and Aden taking Amanda's phone for some forehead pics, everyone went back home. While in the house, Mac and Zoie asked what she thought about Aden. Everyone agreed that Aden and Amanda were the same person. Throughout that week, Andy, Mac, and Zoie kept setting up opportunities in the evenings for Amanda and Aden to hang out in group settings, but the time was running out as Aden was going to leave Thursday evening.

On Thursday, Amanda then decided to make the move and invite him on a walk around the neighborhood with her dog, Esme. After waiting 30 minutes to let him finish Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3, he finally responded and joined Amanda on the walk. They talked about everything and spent most of the time laughing together. After an hour-long walk with a tired corgi that was being carried, they then headed home so Amanda could run back to work.

After work, Amanda was driving home when she saw a concert in a park in downtown Syracuse, New York. Amanda wanted to go, so she asked friends about their availability, but no one was free. She then decided to ask Aden if he wanted to go with her one-on-one. Surprisingly, he said yes. By this point, Aden was starting to develop feelings for her and asked all of Andy's roommates except Andy what to do. They all told him to go for it.

Once Amanda and Aden got there, they walked around, and then Amanda got a dessert from the food stand and sat down to listen to the music. They didn't listen to much music but listened to each other talk for hours. The curfew of 10 quickly turned to 11. At this point, the stage was gone and the band was packed up for the night. This is when Aden and Amanda got the hint to leave and decided to drive to get gas and then back to Andy's place since Andy and Aden were leaving in an hour.

When they got back to Andy's place, Amanda and Aden continued to talk until Andy and Aden had to leave to drive to Chicago.

Aden didn't text Amanda all day Friday and made Amanda question if he even liked her. She then messaged him a video of Esme and from that point, they never stopped.

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