I have had a crush on Will for as long as I can remember. We were both in the same small group at church for four years, so every Sunday night I got to sit across the boy with the long flippy hair (and develop a massive crush on him). I was really shy and never had an excuse to talk to him (because he was also shy) so nothing really ever came of it.

Fast forward to the summer of my senior year. I realized we were chaperoning the same trip and took serious advantage of it. I tried to get to know him as best as I could and we ended up having a lot of fun! After we got back to Birmingham he sent me a Facebook invite to watch him and some friends play guitar at a coffee shop (I thought that meant he liked me until I realized he sent it to everyone else at our church). I went to watch with a friend. I consider that the night that I fell in love with him (it's hard not to when a boy dedicates a song to you in front of an entire crowd of people). But he went off to college right after so I thought that was the end of that.

Just a few weeks later we decided to go to the Color Run in Birmingham with some church friends. However, we realized the night before that all of them had bailed so it would just be Will and me. The day started off pretty rough because I accidentally slept in (which happens far too often) and began the day by apologizing a thousand times for making us late. Although it rained the whole time it ended up being super fun! I consider that our first date and the beginning of our relationship.

So a few weeks after that his brother developed a crush on my best friend and when he reached out to me for help setting things up with her, I texted Will for help (hello, the perfect excuse to finally talk!). As we helped Sam, Will and I got closer in the process. Sam asked Will to double date with him on his first date and Will asked me to come along (as a favor to his brother). I happily agreed (and little did I know that we would be dating by the end of the night). So after four years of crushing on one another, we finally sealed the deal and haven't looked back since.

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