We met back in 2005 when I transferred schools and was the new girl in his class. After that, we were always cool, but we didn't become "friends" until 2018. We would hang out in group settings, and talk a lot back and forth on social media. In 2020, Dereck broke up with is prior girlfriend, and I started inviting him out of the house, which if you know him and his introverted ways, it wasn't easy.

I convinced him to start coming to Sunday Fundays with me and my group of friends, that transitioned to whenever I was back home from work, you could find him lounging on my couch any given Saturday night. We remained really good friends, practically talking all day every day, up until February of 2022 when we decided to take our friendship to the next level.

3 years later, here we are getting married!

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