Byron was a tall blonde curly hair 18 year old surfer boy. And you were the new 17 year old girl from California. He has a sister who was 16 named Alana and her best friend Bethany Hamilton, also 16 and who was practically famous for surviving a shark attack and losing one of her arms.

You didn’t know you’d be living across the street from the Blanchards as you unload your Jeep. Despite being 17 you got into a marine biology program at the college on Oahu. You were pretty excited for it too. One of 5 that had been accepted from your high school back in Cali.