A High School Sweetheart’s Love Story – Mercedes + TJ

 

It was the beginning of 10th grade, and Mercedes was looking forward to it. Being academically inclined, Mercedes enjoyed the learning environment. She was a very well-rounded student, finding time for studies, sports, as well as her friends. But she never knew her life would change when she walked into her Algebra class that year and sat in front of the “popular” kid.  She knew that he was well liked by others, especially the other popular, self-assured girls, but she never knew that as the weeks and months went by that she would as well fall for that wavy brown hair and big brown eyes.

  Being a quiet girl herself, she was surprised that after “helping” TJ with some of the math homework, he brought out a new side to her, and she started to flirt in her own way, having no idea what this handsome popular kid would think of her. But she had no idea that even though TJ was liked by many other girls, he noticed something different about Mercedes. “I couldn’t wait to get to school, just to see him, just to talk to him in third period.” And what started off as casual flirting, turned into deeper conversations, phone calls, bowling, dinners, and just a lot of fun in those years in high school.

Even their story was filled with a time where they needed to break up. To become who they were supposed to become, and maybe to help one another realize how much they needed each other. But luckily during the summer of their senior year, they both realized that the feelings they had for one another were still strong. They knew that they needed that time away and because of how they grew a part, they discovered that their newfound beginning to their second chance had became that much stronger and more real.

Exactly 4 years from their first date, TJ had a surprise for Mercedes. A planned specific question that would impact the rest of Mercedes life as well as his own. And because they decided to get married and seal their love, they are just at the beginning of living out their happily ever after.

  And now enjoy some of my very favorite pictures of such an adorably fun couple whom I was so fortunate enough to have photographed. I mean seriously just look at the fun we had, their very stylish outfits, and the almost tangible electricity of love between these two high school sweethearts, destined to be with one another forever. I literally can not WAIT till their July wedding!

Mercedes told me that she is obsessed with cotton candy. I absolutely LOVE what we got with it!

 

We were going for the school girl look with her lunch, but I’m not sure what happened. But I ADORE it!

 

Oh my goodness, Mercedes and TJ! It was seriously my pleasure to photograph you both and have you both become my new friends! Thanks for making the long drive, bringing the ridiculously good-looking outfits/props, and waiting oh so patiently for this post! You are the BEST!!!