It was 2019, Ashton and Annie had just graduated high school with the hopes of attending Texas A&M. The offer that they had both gotten was that they could go to an A&M system school for their freshman year, and be guaranteed a spot at A&M as sophomores. They both decided on Tarleton State University for their freshman year. Annie and her roommate Caitlin had made friends with Lauren and in September Lauren was having a birthday dinner with all her friends, which meant carpooling. Lauren said that her friend Ashton had room in his car for Annie and Caitlin. It was extremely out of Annie’s comfort zone to get in a car with guys she had never met, but the driver turned out to be a sweet boy and the ride wasn't so bad. While making small talk in the car, Annie learned that Ashton was also planning on transferring to Texas A&M. She thought nothing of it until the moment he smiled at her and she whispered to Caitlin that she thought he was cute. Flash forward a few more weeks into school and the whisper that Annie thought Ashton was cute had spread. Friends found out he lived right above her in their dorm, and the meddling began. Everyone seemed to remember that Annie thought Ashton was cute… except Ashton did not remember their first exchange. One day Annie got back from the rec and was prepared to do homework until a friend told Annie that they were going to call Ashton and invite him down to their room. Annie was the least bit excited, in fact, she insisted very loudly, (Ashton even heard it on the other side of the phone) that he did not need to come over but of course, they did not listen, and neither did Ashton. Ashton and Annie reintroduced themselves to each other and spent the rest of the day getting to know each other. It felt about as awkward as it could have been, but luckily they had the same taste in tv shows, so they decided to watch The Office. A couple of months into the semester, Annie and Caitlin had become good friends with their dorm suitemates. It turned out that Ashton and a few other friends in the dorm had a class with their suitemate Grace. So he began to make regular stops by their rooms before they all headed to class. At first, those stops by the room were out of convenience but as time went on Ashton enjoyed the fact that each day there was a time he would get to see Annie. Annie pretended that she wasn't excited to see Ashton at expected times during the day, but every one of their friends saw right through them. Their time spent together kept growing which meant their feelings did too, but up until November, they were still just friends. Friends that watched the Office together every now and then and friends that got dinner at the dining hall more often than not. That is, until Sunday, November 10th, 2019 when Annie had just gotten back from traveling home for the weekend. Once Ashton heard she was back in town he asked her if she wanted to go eat dinner. Annie thought this would be one of their usual dining hall dinners, but instead Ashton suggested they go get food somewhere else. Annie thought it would be fast food somewhere, but when Ashton suggested Peacock’s, she was a bit caught off guard that they would be going to a sit-down place. They were eating their food and talking about random things until Ashton changed the subject to tell Annie how he really felt about her. They both agreed that they liked each other and just when Annie thought her face could not get any redder, Ashton asked her to be his girlfriend. Obviously, Annie said yes, and here were are almost 4 years later Ashton got down on one knee and asked Annie another important question and her answer was yes again! The two have been in love and will be together for almost 5 years before they say “I do”. After years of many different adventures, the pandemic, months of long-distance, football games, and road trips, they are more than excited to start the next chapter of their lives as husband and wife.