Rachel Shannon

He was two years her senior, with boyish blonde hair, blue eyes, and he dressed like a cowboy.

He was always wearing these black cowboy boots and a large black western hat.

He pulled up to Sonic one fateful night after returning from boot camp at Fort Skill in Oklahoma for the Texas National Guard.

He would later describe that the moment he saw Aaron at Sonic, there was an instant electricity, an instant connection between them.

From that day forward, the two started seeing each other, forming a fast and intense whirlwind romance.

17-year-old Charlie Wilkinson lived in the country with his father, stepmother, a stepbrother and sister, and a half-sister.

His parents were divorced, with his mother moving to Del Rio, about six and a half hours away from where he was living with his dad near Dallas.

Charlie was an avid hunter, spending much of his time fishing and hunting wild hogs with his friends.

He drove an old beat-up Ford Explorer and had planned to enlist in the army after high school.

After the start of their relationship, there was one Sunday morning where Aaron met Charlie outside of their church after mass.

There, the two started kissing and making out.

right there outside the church in Plainview.

Of course, Erin's parents caught them, broke out the makeup sesh, and told Erin that she was never allowed to see Charlie ever again.

He was bad news.

But of course, being a rebellious teen, Erin continued seeing Charlie.

At that stage, she was probably thinking,

You know, what did they know?

Charlie is so great.

They just don't get him.

But I do.