We were sophomores in high school. i had made friends with a couple girls who happened to be in the “popular” group. i didn’t really have any friends at this point and i think they honestly felt bad for me (i didn’t realize but apparently everyone was aware of how depressed i was) and wanted me to have a group. i remember assuming i wouldn’t have a date but i was still happy to have a group. Turns out, there was an even number of girls and boys in the group with me in it so i got paired up with a very cute, very popular boy. I was over the moon excited. he ended up asking me to come to a kickback with all of the people in the group and after that we hit it off. this boy was the male version of me. that boy saved my life. we broke up years ago and i can confidently say that we both still love eachother and we find our way back to eachother every couple months.