While earnestly anticipating the great first date that was to come, Nina and Arrow carried on in their day to day. Arrow - spending their days in the halls of academia and their nights in the Aldi Market fulfilling the requests of Albany patrons. Nina - spending her days as a caretaker for a wee little baby and her nights chauffeuring a girl of 12 years old to various athletic endeavors.

The night of January 6th 2022, both Arrow and Nina got off work and met up in the parking lot of an outdoor plaza. The shops already nestled into their slumber as the dark New England night encompassed them. Afterall, it was at the late, late hour of 6pm. There did stand a lone Starbucks, bustling with the after hours crowd. Quickly, the two made small talk as they received their hot chocolates and made their way back into the cold January night. All bundled up and nowhere to go, the two spent two hours walking around the dark plaza and sharing in conversation. A conversation that came with greater and greater ease with each passing minute. As the warmth of the hot chocolate wore off and the cool air stung more than they could take, Nina agreed to go back to Arrow's apartment where they shared a Dominos pizza and watched sitcoms until 3am. This marked the ending of their first date, but the beginning of their shared lives together.

The adventure that follows took Arrow and Nina from Albany to Troy, and inevitably to Brattleboro, VT where they found their humble beginnings as an engaged and soon to be married couple.

This story is only unfolding and we cannot wait to share this piece of it with all of you!

A&N

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