Saturday, June 2, 2018.

Reed and Jen were a part of their community college's honor society: Phi Theta Kappa. The only thing is, their community colleges existed 270 miles apart from each other and the only time their paths would cross was at the annual regional Summer conference at Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles, Illinois. So on the night of June 2nd, while the award banquet of the conference came to an end, this was just the beginning of Reed and Jen's story. That night, after her chapter took pictures in the bar under the banquet room, Jen sat at a piano playing the only 2 measures to the Titanic theme song that she knew. Those measures were enough to catch the attention of Reed who was passing by. He had played that same piano the night before and was invited back to play but was unsure if he would do so since he was on his way to his room to call it a night. However, he couldn't resist his curiosity after hearing the sound of the piano so in he walked in on this girl he'd seen in passing the day before. His first thought: "oh, so she's cute and talented". Her first thought: "oh, shoot. This guy probably works here and I'm in his way." He took over and played song after song and with every note, Jen quickly realized "this guy is like REALLY cute". That's when Jen did the one thing she'd never done before, she initiated a conversation, said her chapter was going to explore the resort, and that he should join them. That night, as a group, they went to an arcade, ghost hunted, swam, played card games, trespassed private property, and walked on the roof of the resort. The entire time, Jen and Reed made sure to stay close to one another, neither one wanting to give away what they thought of the other one. All it took was one arcade coin that Jen gave to Reed after he did a magic trick and a backpack that Reed entrusted to Jen to hold onto. The following morning, after only having slept 2 hours, Reed and Jen, kept catching each other's glances from across tables though to this day, they both deny that they initiated the glances. Those glances sparked up a texting conversation that never stopped.

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