HERS: I first saw Denzel on twitter using the #NCCU19 twitter hashtag where most freshmen connected with each other before move-in day. I was not really interested in NCCU19 because I knew I was destined to be an Aggie. North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University was calling my name. I also was not interested in stalking business, so I did not follow or interact with Denzel. It was August 9th, 2015 on move-in day when I met Denzel. We had a mutual friend who introduced us while we both helped her move in. After we got done unpacking it dawned on me this was @revdoc_ from twitter. He kept staring at me and I immediately felt bad because I did not follow or mention him back. If you know me, you know I am always happy to make friends so despite his weirdness I approached him, but he would not respond. I thought to myself maybe he is shy or does not have social skills. So, I kept talking to him and I learned we had so much in common.
From day one we clicked right away and did everything together. We were best friends and decided to officially date. During our freshman year we decided to take a break. I did not believe in breaks, so I said “hasta luego” and moved on but somehow, we remained friends. During our senior year we reconnected as best friends and picked up where we left off. It was like old times. I remember one evening I was joking with Denzel and said, “Now you have to marry me” and he replied, “I wouldn’t mind.” Little did we know this was God’s plan for us all along.
HIS: I first saw Addie on Twitter through the #NCCU19 hashtag. I was using it to connect with my classmates at the time, but when I saw her twitter photos all I could say was Jesus. This woman is beautiful. I ain’t slide in them DM’s, but I did slide in them mentions and follow her. And she did just what you expected her to do. That’s right. She did not follow me back or respond.
Little did she know, our paths would eventually cross. On move in day, a friend of mine from Woodbridge was moving into her dorm at NCCU. I offered to give her a hand moving in. When I got into her room, her family was present and to my surprise sitting on the bed opposite her bed was Addie! Our mutual friend had told me she and Addie connected during summer orientation. Y’all. This woman looked more beautiful in person than she did online. Ya boy was sprung. But because your boy was shy, insecure, and had low self-esteem, I was acting all kinds of weird around Addie.
But somehow, we connected. That was my roll dawg forreal. We were really tight. The vibe we had with one another was and remains very unique. It’s very unexplainable, but in an effort to describe it, our connection feels like she is me and I am her and we finally met from different worlds. We joke that we are one because that is really how it felt and still feels. I am so much like Addie and she is so much like me. That is the energy in our friendship we have had since freshman year. We dated for a couple of months during freshman year, but I ended it because I was not ready for a relationship like I thought. We remained single for the rest of our four years, but we reconnected in the fall of our senior year. There was no doubt that this was the woman I wanted to marry. Now here we are.