Whenever someone asks how Thomas and I met, I always get so excited because it has been my favorite story to tell. But even since then, our lives together have intertwined to become a story that would rival any fairytale.

Thomas and I met in the fall of 2015 at UNC Greensboro while both taking an Honors College class. The course was taught by a professor who we used to keep track of the zanny things that he said and I distinctly remember always running into class with the printer paper with my paper still hot because I had just finished writing it. I did do my best, however, to try to sit near a tall boy with a goofy, cute smile. That boy was Thomas and I found out quickly that not only was he cute, he was also incredibly kind. So, naturally, I developed a big old crush on him. Fast forward to April of 2016. I had become friends with Thomas and our group decided to go to a “prom night” that our dorm was throwing. So I grabbed my high school senior prom dress, got ready with the girls and we went into the common room to dance. The RAs had set the room up like a classic prom and were playing fun, high energy dance music for us all to dance the night away to. Thomas and I were dancing with the group but I really wanted to slow dance with him. Well, after a couple of songs, I went up to the RAs and asked if they were going to play any slow songs. They immediately said they hadn’t even thought to play any and would add one in after the next few songs. So I headed back to the group and kept dancing, trying to stay close to Thomas. Shut Up and Dance by Walk the Moon finished and the first few notes of A Thousand Years by Christina Perri started playing. The various couples in our group started swaying together but the majority of our group went to leave the floor. I asked Thomas to dance with me and he thankfully said yes. We started dancing and I honestly don’t remember if it was me or him but that was our first kiss.

So there, I will admit, Thomas was partially right since then that I did mastermind things a little bit. But that night has led to such a beautiful multitude of stories that contains so many cute texts, Snapchats and calls when we were long distance and trips to visit each other and finishing with, most recently, moving in and starting to build our life together. Thomas has been so many things for me: loving boyfriend and (now!) fiance, valiant knight in shining armor, understanding partner and (my favorite) best friend. I cannot wait for this next saga in our story to start.

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