It started with a date, not our date. A date between our two best friends... and an extra invitation for Kayenne. Then an invitation for William, so that Chris would not have to be the third wheel on his own date. After that, there was goofing around in Walmart, at the bowling alley, playing Kingdom Hearts, and anxiety about meth cooking in rural Missouri. Then there was our first date. We saw the movie Rango. Neither of us paid any attention, we were too busy making dumb jokes. Before we knew it, we were together almost every day. There were two proms and then a high school graduation. Then, there was a terrible loss... Our relationship stayed strong. Kayenne moved away to college in a tiny town, three hours away. There was a year of long-distance filled with trips back and forth, thousands of miles driven. Late night phone calls. And when we were together trips to the movies and the lake and Nurhachi. After a year, William decided moving to Kirksville, Missouri couldn't be thaaaaat bad. There was a tiny, rinky-dink apartment. And then the happiest little pupper-schnup. There were a lot of adventures, but mostly there was sitting on the most comfortable couch in the Midwest (frightfully ugly, unfortunately) and watching Netflix. There was also platinum-ing on Destiny, Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4, Bloodborne, Dark Souls 2, The Division, and Dark Souls 3. After five years and eight months, there was an awkward, but wonderful proposal in that small apartment. Everything started happening very quickly then. There was a college graduation in the middle of an ice storm. A big move to Kansas City and several months where neither of us knew what we were doing. Then after what seemed like ages, our lives started sorting themselves out. We had good jobs. Another small apartment, much nicer than the one in K-Vegas. So now, after more seven years, we will have a wedding...