It's funny... looking back on the night I met Darby... it felt like a normal summer night out but then at the same time, it didn't. It felt like I was anticipating something exciting or something out of the ordinary.

I found myself being very restless at my old apartment, The Establishment, trying to figure out what my plans were for the night. I remember pacing around my kitchen wondering to myself what I'll be up to that night and got a thought to see what my friend Aly and her then boyfriend was up.

"Oh I think we are going to some party. Want to come over and we go?" I immediately said count me in and asked what kind of party it was, which she replied, "It's called a Positive People party." Obviously my first thought was, "What the hell is a positive people party?" I very much has the attitude of what the hell so threw on my favorite little black dress, my black chunky Vans and met up with them at their place later. A couple of pre-gaming beers later and we were on our way.

I remember showing up to this house being in awe of the backyard. I was obsessed with this house. It had a friggin school bus in the back (need I say more?) and a two story guest house. We showed up early so not a lot of people were there (didn't know a soul and would not know anyone at this party the entire time) but the backyard was incredible, there was an awesome cooler in an old rusted container, tables and chairs and it was a beautiful summer night.

Aly and I decided to pound back some beers to help with the anxiety of not knowing anyone and all of a sudden I saw a small group of guys come into the backyard. One of the guys when I saw him... it was like I had laser focus on him and couldn't stop myself from knowing where he was throughout the night. Anyways, we meet and shake hands and for the life of me, could not understand what his name was. Was it "Derby", "Darby"? I honestly was so nervous when I met him that I think I kinda blacked out when he said his name and literally didn't understand him.

At some point throughout the night, after being a weirdo and looking for him in my peripheral vision... I see people are going in and out of the guest house (him included) and decided to see what was going on. I walk up these stairs (ended up slipping on them later) and come up to a music room. Theres a massive drum kit, couch, guitars, electric piano and other stuff (a legit music room). I believe how it went was...

I decided to chill on the couch right in front of the drum kit and of course, Darby's on it. Aly and some other people come in and are wanting to play but they dont know how so Darby volunteers to teach. He starts teaching Aly and some other girls, all the while Im hanging out on the couch sipping on my beer. I think he got tired of trying to teach so he sat down and started putting on a private show.

This. guy. is. so. good. LIKE WOW.

I grab my phone and start recording... usually I would think thats so cringe since I just literally met this guy but he was so good that I just had to record it. He ends up playing for a while (at some point he for sure took his shirt off, he will deny this but he did) and there was for sure probably 4 or 5 occasions during this time where we locked eye contact. This guy decides to sit down next to me on the couch afterwards and says, "So I saw you recording me... mind if I get your number so you can send those to me?" YES, TAKE MY NUMBER.

I give him my number and that's that. Yes, there is for sure more that night (but since family is reading this... will not get into it) but to put it PG, this guy came over with a backpack that night and basically moved in with me a week later.

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