A year can change everything—and sometimes the thing you thought you wanted shows up at the exact moment you’re no longer sure what you want.

In Act Two of When I Thought She Was the One, Coach Bryan returns to TM Camp in the summer of 1999, carrying memories from the year before and wondering what this summer might hold. But before he can even settle into the experience, an unexpected connection begins to form—and then a familiar face from the past suddenly reappears.

Now the summer is starting to feel a lot more complicated.

What follows is a nostalgic trip back to those teenage years when a conversation could stay on your mind all day, one look could mean everything—or nothing—and you were often trying to understand your feelings while you were still in the middle of them.

From the long bus ride to camp to late-night conversations, unexpected encounters, awkward moments, and emotions Bryan definitely wasn't prepared for, this episode captures what it feels like when life doesn't follow the story you've already written in your head.

And somewhere along the way, Bryan finds himself facing a question he never expected to have to answer: What happens when the person you've been thinking about finally appears... but something else has already begun?

There are some moments we could tell you about here—but that would ruin the story.

So you'll have to listen.

Act Two of When I Thought She Was the One is a funny, vulnerable, faith-centered coming-of-age story about first crushes, unexpected connections, confusing timing, and learning that what we think we want isn't always as simple once it's standing right in front of us.