It was the very first weekend of freshman year at Huntington University. I was unpacking in my dorm room and saw something out of the corner of my eye. I looked out of my window and saw a kid with a bright blue North Carolina hat skipping down the campus mall.

I asked my RA if she knew the name of the blue hat boy, but didn’t expect her to know since he was a freshman and new to campus. Somehow, the RA knew that blue hat boy’s name was Drew Bowles.

I decided to find Drew on social media so that, being the introvert that I am, could avoid an actual conversation with a boy I had never met. Over the next few days, Drew and I just happened to see each other all over campus, but had still not said a word to each other.

About a week went by and Drew and I happened to be in the dining commons at the same time. I saw Drew get up to leave and decided that then would be the perfect time to send him a message that my roommate helped type. After sending the message, I looked up and Drew had in fact not left, but was back at his table staring at me along with his entire dorm floor. I immediately got up and left so that there was no opportunity for conversation.

That night, Drew was in the dorm lounge and messaged me to come hang out with him. This was the first of many nights sitting in that lounge hanging out with each other and how we became Drew and Kaitlyn.

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