Eliana Arellano and Will Smith have always been close, best friends with a complicated past and feelings that never seem to go away. From high school prom night and almost-kisses to college breakups and quiet heartbreaks, their story is full of missed chances and unspoken words. Years later, Eliana becomes a sports reporter and ends up covering the NHL team Will just got drafted to. He's distant, and she's still hurt. But old feelings don't just disappear.. and neither do the "what ifs." For the Record, I loved you is a story about love that doesn't go away, timing that never feels right, and two people who keep finding their way back to each other. ___ Beginning is end of high school then there's a time skip to their time in Boston, and ofc the NHL.

Alexis chose the summer of 1996 to visit her Nonna in small, poorly known Clarkesville, Georgia. This year happens to be her favorite. Because a certain guy with ripped flannels, loose thick curls, and piercing green eyes won not only his thrilling illegal drag-races, but won the best trophy of them all. Her heart. [will contain mature content and much, much fluff]