Two strangers, a full moon and a kiss

On September 9th, 2014, Conner Larsen and her roommates decided that they were going to become True Aggies.

Super nervous but still wanting to kiss someone, they stood huddled in a bunch attempting to scope out the cute boys. One boy caught Larsen’s gaze, and kept looking at her. The two continued making eye contact, and then one of them would break away. This didn’t just happen once, but several times.

Eventually, she decided to be bold, so she told her roommates, “I’m going to go over and ask that super cute guy.”

They all laughed and started cheering, and before she had even turned around, he asked her if she wanted to become a True Aggie with him. In a word vomit, she started rambling. She said yes, probably a little too excited, she admitted. As they stood in line together, she found out that his name was Zac Merrill from Roy, Utah.

When they got to the A, her thought was, “Conner, just don’t trip.”

He kissed her, and was admittedly very good at it, she said. After the magic moment, she thanked him and headed back to her friends. He grabbed her arm and said, “Wait! We have to get our cards.”

They walked over to write their names on the official True Aggie night cards, then exchanged them with one another. When Conner had made it back to her friends, she discovered that he had written his number on the back.

“What a smooth move, ” she thought.

She ended up texting him to make sure he had her number later, and the following Friday, he asked her on a date to hike the Wind Caves.

“From there, it was history,” she said. “We hung out every single day after for about eight months. Zac left on an LDS mission to Florida last May, and we have been writing each other ever since.”

-kortni.marie.wells@aggiemail.usu.edu