I met Peyton my second semester of freshman year, his sophomore year, when I went to a game night at his house. We became close friends pretty quickly because we both went to the same church, loved the same music, and had the same sense of humor. I always thought he was cute, but never said anything because of how close we were. In the fall of 2019 we became even closer and would hangout all the time, and would even go to Walmart together to hangout.

In the later half of fall, I started to like Peyton, but I wasn't going to tell him that, so we just kept hanging out. All of that changed in February of 2020 though. I hung out with him on his birthday and it was all normal until he kissed me. I was shocked and asked him what he was doing. He was also shocked that he kissed me and didn't know what to say, so I told him to figure it out. The next day I went to his surprise party and it was the most awkward night of my life. I still had no idea how he felt, so I had no idea how to act around him.

Eventually, he asked me out and we began dating, but then the pandemic hit. I am glad we were best friends before we began dating because the distance was more manageable since we knew each other so well. I went to Florence all the time so we still saw each other, but it was definitely an odd first five months of our relationship. Once we were both back at school, we were so glad to actually be able to hangout everyday and do things since Alabama opened a lot of things back up. In December of 2020, he graduated and moved back home to teach, so we were long distance again, but I went up to Savannah and he came to Florence all the time.

He is originally from California, so when he suggested we take a trip to see his family, I was so excited. Northern California is beautiful and I was happy to be going with Peyton and getting to meet his family. He has always told me about his favorite spot in the world, the Marin Headlands. I was not expecting a proposal that day, so when he started acting weird when we got there I was starting to suspect it; I even patted down his pockets at one point (haha). But once we got to the top and saw one of the most beautiful views of San Francisco, Peyton proposed.

We are so excited to spend the rest of our lives together and can't wait for this new chapter in our lives.

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