His version : Now don’t quote me on this one because I forget many details and I’m vague; but When you know, you know :) Those who have been there already know. Life often throws us curveballs but it’s how we overcome the tough trials that prove who we really are. Our character is often molded and I often looked for validation in big crowds. Little did I know that the smallest person in my life would give me all I would need an much more. To go back to the beginning haha, well to be honest I don’t know when the beginning truly is. IT JUST HAPPENED. I can go back and tell you how both of our parents are friends and how I never saw this coming, but let me just say I’ve been blessed with such an amazing family. I was always just running around church and singing and even thought you tell me you don’t remember me ever, I think you did. Now too bad I can’t insert emojis in here otherwise I would have already used a billion of them. I don’t remember much of my childhood because its always been church. I truly don’t remember smiling but I’m sure I did until I saw you for the first time truly as an “adult”. I walked in to help your praise team (which is now my team as well) but cuz Coco mad a comment on my shoes. Then you looked over and that Friday night I knew I had a chance. You looked at my white NMD adidas’s (which I still have in the box) and then you looked at my eyes and lastly my smile. Even though till this day you deny it, you made a comment on my nice shoes and that’s how we began talking. 2 months later, again I had to help and well we had an activity and that’s where I caught myself checking to see where you were. I asked for you yet you were hiding in the house eating our favorite meal by yourself. PIZZA !!! That night I remember OCTOBER 23RD 2020 I did not want to leave your presence. I kept stalling talking to mom, dad, Tio Gabriel and Tia Rachel. That’s the day you were wearing your cow onesie and I obnoxiously mooed ! I gave you your first compliment and of course you did not catch on. October 31st we had a youth bond fire at your house and I remember being 2 hours late, I had to take the sodas so I tried making it up with ice cream and asked everyone what they wanted. Everyone there wanted mint chocolate chip and I didn’t hear you say a word so I said “ What does want?” You said “chocolate chip cookie dough” yet again you did not catch on. 😂Then November came and we started our Starbucks tradition ( which I ruined after 2 months ). We began getting coffee before Sunday services and all of a sudden 2 weeks later my life took a twist and was not the best. November 13th the day we were both scared but not scared. It had been a rough night and I just wanted to run away from home and I text you, hyperventilating over text, that was the first time we had ever talked on the phone. You called me and told me to go get you in the middle of the night. I told you no because I didn’t want to cause any problems. I didn’t want you to get in trouble yet you insisted that it didn’t matter. I told you my story, I told you my life that night, I cried, you listened and gave me a shoulder to cry on. That night we had revival and I remember telling you what I had felt was going to happen that night. It happened as said and then the following Monday I guessed your life. Your hardships, your insecurities, your personality I guessed it all. And that’s where I knew I had found my person. You didn’t try to sugar coat your life, nor try to prove yourself to me. You showed me your true colors and I showed you mine. I still would not ask you out though but then you gave me an ultimatum. You said “ You either ask me out, or you loose me” and I still prolonged it 2 months. December 12th came and you had no idea that it was going to be the day I would ask you to be my girlfriend. I drove you to Pasadena not knowing covid had shut down the restaurant I was going to take you to ask you out and I said …. Man now my plans are ruined. You looked at me clueless, and asked what ? Then I said well this is what I was going to do and asked you out. I got no reaction from you for 15 minutes we left in the car and no reaction. The moment you were waiting for and nothing. Good thing that restaurant was closed because then I shared with you my favorite childhood restaurant “Giuseppe’s” which we now go to every week. February I hurt my back not knowing I would be a walking miracle and you thought I was avoiding you for 2 days but I couldn’t move. I was asleep and then on the 3rd day from getting injured I wend back to work and saw you before clocking in. I then lost my job, had no money yet you stayed, you showed me that even though I had faith I lacked it at the same time. You began to get impatient as to when would be the day I would ask you to marry me as the date I had given to you as my own deadline would pass. Funny how your thought I had no money to buy you a ring yet and you would not cry the day it would happen yet I blew your mind. June 12th only 6 months after asking you out I would ask you to marry me. It has been a rollercoaster not in a bad way but we actually never know what’s going to happen next and I love it. My partner in crime I think I’ve laughed more just in this short time knowing you then I have in my entire life. Now less then a year after asking you to be my girlfriend much has happened and we will be getting married !