We both taught at the same elementary school. It was my first year teaching and Zach was technically the Team Lead (even though I did most of the work for our team). Zach taught Reading and Social Studies and I taught Math and Science, so we really only talked when the grade level team met. One of our co-workers would invite us to Happy Hour every Friday, but I couldn't even imagine having a conversation with the other teachers outside of school, so I turned the invitation down. Even after saying no so many times, every Friday, Zach would still ask me if I was going to be there. I finally gave in and said yes. I continued to go every Friday and our relationship progressed. Up until this point we had only seen each other as co-workers, then grew to be friends, and eventually began our relationship that would lead us here.