Here's the part where I give credit where credit is due...

When 17 year-old Macy told her mom she had a crush on a guy, she thought she'd lost her mind. But then she knew she'd lost it when she told his sister (thank you, Marlee) that she liked him. That was it; she was going to die of embarrassment. Why, might you ask? Because her loving mother decided to leave her stranded at cross country practice where she had no choice but to ask someone for a ride home (Thank you. No, seriously, thank you)!

So in that summer of 2018, I somehow gathered up the courage to ask Jacob for a ride home once.

Then a second time.

And a third.

And then he was sitting beside me at Panther Pride Sunday.

And then we were riding on the bus together to the science club field trip.

And then we went on our first official date to Yucatan.

Finally, on October 26th of 2018, Jacob and I finally made it official!