Within the first week of our freshman year, while I was playing Mario Kart with some friends in one of the communal areas on campus, my friend invited Elizabeth and her friend Elaina to play with us.
Considering that this was during my long-haired phase, I am lucky that she could stand looking at meβ¦. Within a couple weeks, we had a lot of mutual friends and had hung out in group settings a good amount.
The first time we ever hung out just us two, she invited me to go to Costco with her because she needed a few things, and she said I could use her membership if I needed great excuse. She bought flowers for her dorm room, and I got chewed out by the receipt-checker on the way out for not buying them for her.
Soon after this, the freshman retreat rolled around. I had almost no intention of going to said retreat, but several friends okay, mostly Elizabeth⦠convinced me I should go.
The second night of the retreat, a good amount of people set up hammocks to sleep in, and both Elizabeth and I had brought our own hammocks. We set up our hammocks within talking distance of each other and proceeded to talk together until 2 or 3 in the morning. That was the night I knew I was going to ask this girl out. So, I had a conversation with them and basically asked what they thought about Elizabeth.
