Gabrielle and Preston became friends by chance after she transferred to a new school. At lunch one day, she sat with the only person she knew; right across from Preston and his best man, Jon.

For the next year and a half, Gabrielle and Preston sat across from each other every day, outwardly annoyed by one another’s presence while secretly crushing the entire time.

Finally, during their junior year, Preston asked Gabrielle to homecoming after learning that her boyfriend wouldn’t take her. It still took them nearly four more months to make things official.

Almost eight years later, they are still best friends, still pretending to be annoyed by each other, and absolutely still crushing.