We had plenty of mutual friends, but somehow our paths didn't cross until Christmas of 2013. I was with a friend and a friend of ours asked if we could come get him and his friend. Of course we said yes and picked them both up. It was a brief interaction, not much to it. A couple of weeks later we found ourselves at the same social function. I quite literally followed him around and we got to talking. The next week we went on our first ever Sonic date, and we sat and talked for HOURS! There was definitely something in the air.
Our 7th anniversary was the week beforehand and it had just snowed. My mom asked if she could take some pictures of us in the snow, and nothing seemed out of the ordinary then because I honestly expected that from her. Although I thought it was weird that she was taking more pictures of us than our combined siblings that were also there. Right at the end Shelby started fixing my hat and when I turned around there he was. Even though it didn't happen as planned, it was perfectly spontaneous.