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It was February 14th, 2018 when Jake and his dad decided to have lunch at a sandwich shop. On this day Jake saw Zoe for the first time.

Zoe had been working at this sandwich shop for a few months. She was working a double on Valentines day when she saw Jake for the first time.

All Jake thought was “I have to know her.”

And all Zoe thought was “I wonder why that guy is staring at me.”

And then nothing really happened.

It wasn’t until the next day that Jake decided he would come back to take a chance on asking out the girl at the sandwich shop.

When he walked in he was relieved to see she was working that day. She did have a customer though, so he just had to pretend he didn’t see the other worker waving to him with an open register.

Once her customer had finally left he walked right up. This was his chance.

And Zoe recognized him.

He then proceeded to ask her to dinner. And because they were both extremely nervous, neither of them remember exactly what was said in this exchange, except for when Zoe said “Sure!" Jake then replied “Hot dog!” and promptly ordered a salad.

And because Zoe was so flustered in this moment, she forgot to put a lemon in Jake’s tea, which he has not forgotten to this day.

The two then had their first date which consisted of too much pasta that they were both too nervous to eat and a spontaneous trip to the movies.

Long story short, that first date still hasn’t ended to this day.

6 years and counting.