When We Met...

Alec's version:
Once upon a time, Alec graduated from high school. And as some will relate, she was desperate to get out of her home ward. So Alec went on a quest to find the best student ward there was! She searched long, and she searched hard, (and by that, of course we mean she went to the U of U institute and looked at a sheet of paper) until she finally found it! The best student ward in the world!! Which just so happened to be the home of our dear Brice Sherratt. It was magic the second Alec entered the chapel. A choir of angels started singing as Alec looked across the room to where Brice was standing. The lights dimmed except for a single ray of light that illuminated him. It was love at first sight. A symphony of music arose as they ran in slow motion towards each other. They embraced and the next two years floated by like a dream in sweet romantic memories of the dating years. Until one fateful December night when their lives changed forever, but that is another blog post entirely.

Brice's version:
Once upon a time, Brice graduated from high school. Then he went on a mission to Florida and had miraculous wonders brought about in his life. He came home prepared to find his eternal companion. (He was completely unaware at the time that he needed to wait 8 years for the love of his life to blossom into an eligible bachelorette) He figured he could give a try at college so he headed to SLCC. Unfortunately, there was no one near as awesome as Alec there, so he went to work in real estate. While in this adventure, he was also able to buy a house in Lehi, but there was still no fair maiden to be found. So he sold his house and moved to West Jordan and found the 16th ward. Finally! There were some women of real potential there! He tried dating a few, but it never quite clicked like he felt it should. Feeling quite defeated, he moved back home. Days, weeks, months passed and he made friends with many different girls.

One Sunday in particular, a pair of very young girls came up to him and complimented him on his three piece suit. He didn't think much of them. One was only 17 and the other had braces (what an ugo). More time went by and by and by and he came to be friends with the two odd girls. Imagine his surprise when he found that the ugo was actually kind of cool. She listened to awesome music, could hold a decently intelligent conversation, and could recite the alphabet backwards while solving a Rubik's cube. She still had braces though, and was 8 years younger than he, also she was super awkward 83.6% of the time. He decided he needed a test to see if she was really close friend material. He invited her over to watch Anime. Turns out, she was really into it, despite her inability to read subtitles. After a month of testing her every day, he figured he could at least give her a pity date. Soon after that, she got her braces off and Brice was shocked to find that underneath the ugo brace-face was a half decent looking woman. Brice was conflicted with these new feelings of love towards such an odd girl. By the next time he saw her, though, she had a boyfriend! Suddenly Brice was overwhelmed with how much he missed hanging out with such an awesome, if peculiar, girl. Luckily the relationship did not last long, and Brice leaped at his chance to try once more with Alec. After many more nights of analytical hang outs, he finally decided: I must kiss this girl! (*cue little mermaid music "sha la la la don't be shy, come give a try you want to kiss the girl woah woah"*).

So one fateful December evening, he braved it. He kissed her and things went smoothly for the next few months. They even started dating exclusively. But the more they dated, the more Brice realized that Alec was being controlled by aliens that lived inside her brain which made her act super wishy washy. This worried him, as it should have. How was she supposed to handle life if she had aliens in her brain? So, as a clever plan to vanquish the aliens, he set her back out into the world to struggle through the summer of non-stop dating. By September, Alec seemed to be alien-free, and Brice decided to make a second grand entrance to see how things could work out. This time things went even smoother than before, but Brice was still convinced there was part of an alien inhabiting Alec's brain that would take over if they were to get married. It took the words of a wise sage to get him to understand that all girls have the potential of aliens taking over and he had to make a leap of faith. And there you have it. The wonderful story of how boy met girl, boy denied girl, boy reconsidered, boy and girl dated, broke up, boy vanquished Aliens and got back together for a happy new beginning!

Facts:
Brice and Alec really did meet in the University 16th ward in the fall of 2008.
They shared their first kiss December 2009.
Brice served a full time LDS mission in the Florida Orlando Mission.
Alec really can recite the alphabet backwards while solving a Rubik's cube.
Also note that Alec truly does have a tendency to be super awkward 83.6% of the time.

Author: Alec Havens (soon to be) Sherratt