This is the third in a four-part series on long-lasting relationships.

It’s difficult enough to have a successful relationship in high school when you see each other every day; but when the other person is across the world, it is nearly impossible. This is the problem senior Scott Jellision and Sina Marchione, a German exchange student who attended RHS last year, are faced with.

They first met in tennis practice last year. Marchione thought that Jellison was funny and liked the way he made her smile. Jellision was struck by her wit and by how she seemed to know exactly when to say something for it to be funny.

“I can’t really tell what the best date was, they were all very nice,” Marchione said. “I think I liked Homecoming the best since we started to get to know each other better and that was when everything started.”

Over the summer of 2012 Jellision took a trip to Germany to visit Marchione. While he was there they took a trip to Paris for her birthday.

“We saw the sights, had wine in a café, did Paris-y stuff,” Jellison said. “We saw the Eiffel tower, took some boat tours, just classic Paris stuff. Paris has that feel of romance.”

Along with the romance they also took part in a local tradition. The legend goes that if you put a lock with your names on it onto the fence and throw the key into the river you will have good luck.

“He bought us a lock with our names on it to put on a special bridge,” Marchione said. “We dropped one of the keys into the river and the other two we kept. It is for good luck and a tradition of Paris.”

Being so far away technology is the only way they can stay together. They utilize things like texting and Skype to communicate.

“I think the hardest part about being so far away from each other is that we have to accept not being able to see each other whenever we want,” Marchione said. “We don’t get to spend lots of days,weeks together, but when we do we enjoy every day.”