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Hannah&nbsp;and&nbsp;Anakin&nbsp;met&nbsp;in&nbsp;2011&nbsp;when&nbsp;they&nbsp;were&nbsp;entering&nbsp;6th&nbsp;grade&nbsp;at&nbsp;Savannah&nbsp;Middle&nbsp;School.&nbsp;They&nbsp;didn't&nbsp;become&nbsp;friends&nbsp;at&nbsp;first,&nbsp;but&nbsp;Hannah&nbsp;quickly&nbsp;noticed&nbsp;him&nbsp;and&nbsp;developed&nbsp;a&nbsp;crush&nbsp;on&nbsp;him&nbsp;that&nbsp;wasn't&nbsp;very&nbsp;subtle. Anakin&nbsp;eventually&nbsp;asked&nbsp;her&nbsp;out&nbsp;in&nbsp;6th&nbsp;grade&nbsp;and&nbsp;they&nbsp;dated&nbsp;off&nbsp;and&nbsp;on&nbsp;throughout&nbsp;middle&nbsp;school.&nbsp;They&nbsp;quickly&nbsp;bonded&nbsp;through&nbsp;their&nbsp;shared&nbsp;love&nbsp;of&nbsp;video&nbsp;games,&nbsp;often&nbsp;staying&nbsp;up&nbsp;late&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;weekends&nbsp;playing&nbsp;Minecraft&nbsp;and&nbsp;talking&nbsp;on&nbsp;a&nbsp;Skype&nbsp;call.&nbsp;Their&nbsp;personalities&nbsp;always&nbsp;complemented&nbsp;each&nbsp;other&nbsp;well. They&nbsp;did&nbsp;eventually&nbsp;break&nbsp;up,&nbsp;as&nbsp;middle&nbsp;schoolers&nbsp;do,&nbsp;but&nbsp;they&nbsp;remained&nbsp;close&nbsp;friends.&nbsp;Even&nbsp;though&nbsp;they&nbsp;were&nbsp;tweens,&nbsp;Hannah&nbsp;knew&nbsp;that&nbsp;she&nbsp;had&nbsp;found&nbsp;the&nbsp;love&nbsp;of&nbsp;her&nbsp;life&nbsp;and&nbsp;throughout&nbsp;her&nbsp;teen&nbsp;years&nbsp;and&nbsp;into&nbsp;adulthood,&nbsp;she&nbsp;often&nbsp;thought&nbsp;of&nbsp;him&nbsp;as&nbsp;the&nbsp;"one&nbsp;who&nbsp;got&nbsp;away".

Dorky Beginnings

In&nbsp;2016,&nbsp;during&nbsp;their&nbsp;sophomore&nbsp;year&nbsp;of&nbsp;high&nbsp;school,&nbsp;Hannah&nbsp;moved&nbsp;to&nbsp;North&nbsp;Carolina&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;with&nbsp;her&nbsp;mother.&nbsp;At&nbsp;that&nbsp;point&nbsp;they&nbsp;hadn't&nbsp;talked&nbsp;in&nbsp;a&nbsp;while,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Hannah&nbsp;began&nbsp;developing&nbsp;her&nbsp;life&nbsp;in&nbsp;NC. Then,&nbsp;in&nbsp;late&nbsp;2020,&nbsp;Hannah&nbsp;received&nbsp;a&nbsp;message&nbsp;from&nbsp;Anakin&nbsp;on&nbsp;Facebook&nbsp;asking&nbsp;if&nbsp;she'd&nbsp;like&nbsp;to&nbsp;join&nbsp;a&nbsp;Discord&nbsp;server&nbsp;with&nbsp;him&nbsp;and&nbsp;all&nbsp;her&nbsp;old&nbsp;friends.&nbsp;Missing&nbsp;her&nbsp;life&nbsp;in&nbsp;Missouri&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;friends&nbsp;she&nbsp;left&nbsp;behind,&nbsp;Hannah&nbsp;quickly&nbsp;joined. For&nbsp;the&nbsp;next&nbsp;4&nbsp;years,&nbsp;Hannah&nbsp;and&nbsp;Anakin&nbsp;talked&nbsp;daily,&nbsp;played&nbsp;video&nbsp;games&nbsp;together,&nbsp;watched&nbsp;movies,&nbsp;and&nbsp;began&nbsp;rekindling&nbsp;their&nbsp;almost&nbsp;10&nbsp;year&nbsp;old&nbsp;relationship.&nbsp;It&nbsp;didn't&nbsp;take&nbsp;long&nbsp;for&nbsp;them&nbsp;to&nbsp;begin&nbsp;developing&nbsp;feelings&nbsp;for&nbsp;each&nbsp;other,&nbsp;and&nbsp;it&nbsp;was&nbsp;increasingly&nbsp;obvious&nbsp;to&nbsp;their&nbsp;friends. Finally,&nbsp;Hannah&nbsp;had&nbsp;had&nbsp;enough&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;South&nbsp;and&nbsp;decided&nbsp;it&nbsp;was&nbsp;time&nbsp;to&nbsp;go&nbsp;home&nbsp;and&nbsp;take&nbsp;a&nbsp;chance.&nbsp;In&nbsp;late&nbsp;February&nbsp;of&nbsp;2024,&nbsp;just&nbsp;days&nbsp;before&nbsp;her&nbsp;big&nbsp;move&nbsp;to&nbsp;back&nbsp;to&nbsp;Missouri,&nbsp;Hannah&nbsp;confessed&nbsp;her&nbsp;feelings&nbsp;to&nbsp;Anakin.&nbsp;Anakin&nbsp;reciprocated,&nbsp;after&nbsp;leaving&nbsp;her&nbsp;on&nbsp;read&nbsp;for&nbsp;20&nbsp;minutes,&nbsp;and&nbsp;that&nbsp;was&nbsp;that. Their&nbsp;relationship&nbsp;in&nbsp;adulthood&nbsp;came&nbsp;naturally&nbsp;and&nbsp;felt&nbsp;no&nbsp;different&nbsp;than&nbsp;the&nbsp;relationship&nbsp;they'd&nbsp;had&nbsp;for&nbsp;the&nbsp;previous&nbsp;4&nbsp;years.&nbsp;Once&nbsp;Hannah&nbsp;came&nbsp;up&nbsp;to&nbsp;Missouri,&nbsp;Anakin&nbsp;quickly&nbsp;moved&nbsp;back&nbsp;to&nbsp;Savannah&nbsp;from&nbsp;Columbia&nbsp;to&nbsp;move&nbsp;in&nbsp;with&nbsp;her.

Separation and Reconnection

Hannah&nbsp;and&nbsp;Anakin&nbsp;had&nbsp;been&nbsp;happily&nbsp;together&nbsp;for&nbsp;almost&nbsp;a&nbsp;year&nbsp;and&nbsp;a&nbsp;half&nbsp;by&nbsp;June&nbsp;of&nbsp;2025.&nbsp;Things&nbsp;were&nbsp;going&nbsp;great&nbsp;for&nbsp;them,&nbsp;and&nbsp;talk&nbsp;of&nbsp;getting&nbsp;married&nbsp;and&nbsp;engagement&nbsp;ring&nbsp;preferences&nbsp;were&nbsp;discussed&nbsp;frequently.&nbsp;They&nbsp;both&nbsp;knew&nbsp;this&nbsp;was&nbsp;it&nbsp;for&nbsp;them,&nbsp;and&nbsp;they&nbsp;had&nbsp;their&nbsp;person.&nbsp;One&nbsp;night&nbsp;a&nbsp;few&nbsp;months&nbsp;before,&nbsp;they&nbsp;sat&nbsp;down&nbsp;together&nbsp;as&nbsp;Hannah&nbsp;went&nbsp;over&nbsp;everything&nbsp;she&nbsp;wanted&nbsp;in&nbsp;an&nbsp;engagement&nbsp;ring&nbsp;while&nbsp;Anakin&nbsp;fervently&nbsp;listened&nbsp;and&nbsp;took&nbsp;notes.&nbsp; Finally,&nbsp;on&nbsp;June&nbsp;27th,&nbsp;Hannah&nbsp;and&nbsp;Anakin&nbsp;went&nbsp;over&nbsp;to&nbsp;his&nbsp;parents'&nbsp;house&nbsp;for&nbsp;"dessert"&nbsp;(a&nbsp;ruse&nbsp;set&nbsp;up&nbsp;by&nbsp;Anakin&nbsp;and&nbsp;his&nbsp;mom)&nbsp;after&nbsp;having&nbsp;dinner&nbsp;together.&nbsp;This&nbsp;was&nbsp;typical&nbsp;for&nbsp;them,&nbsp;so&nbsp;Hannah&nbsp;was&nbsp;none&nbsp;the&nbsp;wiser.&nbsp;As&nbsp;she&nbsp;stepped&nbsp;out&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;patio&nbsp;where&nbsp;they&nbsp;were&nbsp;presumably&nbsp;eating&nbsp;dessert,&nbsp;Hannah&nbsp;found&nbsp;Anakin&nbsp;waiting&nbsp;with&nbsp;a&nbsp;gorgeous&nbsp;bouquet&nbsp;of&nbsp;flowers.&nbsp;Still&nbsp;not&nbsp;quite&nbsp;sure&nbsp;what&nbsp;was&nbsp;happening,&nbsp;she&nbsp;sat&nbsp;down&nbsp;to&nbsp;read&nbsp;the&nbsp;card&nbsp;he&nbsp;had&nbsp;placed&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;bouquet.&nbsp;As&nbsp;she&nbsp;read,&nbsp;Anakin&nbsp;came&nbsp;to&nbsp;her&nbsp;side&nbsp;and&nbsp;watched&nbsp;the&nbsp;realization&nbsp;hit.&nbsp; Anakin&nbsp;got&nbsp;down&nbsp;on&nbsp;one&nbsp;knee&nbsp;and&nbsp;asked&nbsp;Hannah&nbsp;to&nbsp;marry&nbsp;him,&nbsp;but&nbsp;not&nbsp;before&nbsp;Hannah&nbsp;asked,&nbsp;"Are&nbsp;you&nbsp;proposing?!" She&nbsp;said&nbsp;yes,&nbsp;of&nbsp;course,&nbsp;and&nbsp;thus&nbsp;the&nbsp;wedding&nbsp;planning&nbsp;began!

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