That night Ethan and I stayed up late going over everything so that we knew exactly what we were doing and so that we were on the same page. And when we got to bed that night, we were both a little wound up, and Ethan pulled me closer to him so that my head was on his chest. He was rubbing circles around my back with his hand, trying to get me to relax and calm down.

Neither of us got much sleep that night, and we knew that we needed to get as much rest as possible.

When we ...