Our friendship blossomed at the young age of 12. We met in Ms. Mastne’s 7th grade math class. We talked every day and little did we know, that by the end of the school year that we would have become best friends and that we both shared a crush for each other, that neither of us knew about. As we grew older, we experienced the end of middle school and the beginning of high school together. My crush had never faltered, but was always pushed to the back of my mind. It wasn’t until Junior year of high school that our small crushes turned into more then we ever thought they would. Ever since we have been inseparable. Fast forward to September 29th 2018, we went to the coast to celebrate our 7th anniversary together.. We stopped by one of our favorite places on the coast, the Barview Jetty, and here the love of my life asked me to marry him. Little did I know, that a mutual childhood crush would lead me to marry my best friend.