Justin and Valerie worked at Mr. Cooper together. If anyone knows Valerie, they know she's not big on social skills, but Justin took notice anyways. Justin asked Chloe , a mutual friend, about her at a work event but nothing came of it. About a year later, Justin was moving to California and Valerie thought, "What's the worst that could happen?" So she shot her shot via skype messenger at work and the two met up at Cheddars a few days before Justin headed off to California. The 4 hour meet up was cut short on account of a new Game of Thrones episode, (couldn't miss that!) but it certainly left a mark. Justin left to California a few days later and they began a long distance friendship that developed intimately into something pretty special. After a few trips back and forth from California and Texas, the two decided to start a life together & that was just the beginning of it all.