Avery & Jake
Avery & Jake
Our Story
High School Sweethearts
Jake and Avery first met their junior year when Avery went to his classroom during lunch to deliver a note. They didn't see each other again until they went to Journalism camp shortly before the start of their senior year. Throughout the camp, Avery tried to charm Jake, but he remained unmoved by her awkward jokes and weird style.
After their senior year kicked off, they became friends and enjoyed hanging out together. Jake would always volunteer to accompany Avery whenever she had to run errands. Eventually, their interest in each other blossomed.
As homecoming approached, Avery wondered if Jake would ask her, but she wasn't sure what it would mean if he did.
Jake skipped a few morning classes one day to buy Avery a white rose, then while she was preparing for class, he came up behind her, presented her with the rose and asked her if she would accompany him to homecoming. She agreed.
For a while, Avery was unsure if they were going as friends or if it was a date, but that was all cleared up when they met up with the rest of their homecoming group at the local Haggen's. Jake was very flirty and tossed his arm across her shoulders.
Finally, they attended homecoming, but Jake was afflicted by a migraine and had to leave shortly after arriving at the restaurant for dinner.
While they were waiting for Jake's ride to come, Jake made it even more clear that he was interested in Avery as more than a friend.
A week later they went on their first official date and despite Avery's clumsiness, Jake asked her to be his girlfriend later that night, October 22, 2011.
The Proposal
Jake and I had been dating for almost five years.
He told me he had a surprise planned for Sunday, July 3rd, but when I was driving home from work on Saturday, July 2nd, I called him so we could talk until I got home like I always do and he said that the surprises were starting today. I got home and took a nap and he woke me up at 4:50, but he had told me I till 5 so I was super cranky (those 10 mins were important!).
I thought he was going to take me to see the BFG since it was my favorite book as a kid. As we passed the movie theater I thought maybe he was going to get me some more books but when we passed my favorite bookstores I really had no idea where we were going.
I wondered if maybe he was going to take me for a hike and started worrying because we were both dressed pretty nice. When he took the turn to go up the mountain, I realized where we were going but I wasn’t sure why. It was about 5:30 at this time and the fireworks wouldn’t be until around 10.
The whole drive he had a romantic playlist and as we neared the top of the mountain the song that played on our first date came on. He looked at me and grinned and started telling me how much fun he had on our first date and how much he loved me.
As we neared the top of the mountain, I began getting suspicious but when I didn’t see any other cars parked nearby, I quickly let it go. When we first started talking about our future and getting married, I told Jake that I didn’t care what he did as long as he asked my family for their blessing and got someone to take a picture of it, so when I didn’t see any cars, I assumed he wasn’t proposing.
As he parked the car, I noticed a small black box-shaped thing on our usual bench. Again, I was briefly suspicious but since he had been with me for a couple hours, I didn’t see him leaving a ring on a bench for hours so I again brushed away my suspicions. I pointed the box out to him and said that maybe we should leave, but he said we should check it out. I just thought, well if it’s something dangerous, at least I’m with the man that I love.
When we reached the bench, I discovered it was a small black box. Jake sat me down a certain way and began telling me how much he loved me and how he wanted me to be his wife. I should point out that these are things he tells me pretty often so I was still pretty clueless at this point.
Then he got down on one knee opened the box and asked me to marry him! I said yes!
I jumped around for a few minutes and then his dad came out from hiding behind a rock and they both showed me the GoPro hidden in the tree by our bench.
Best. Surprise. Ever.