It's not every day that the placement of a chest tube brings two people together, but that is exactly how this story began. Marissa, being a cute, blonde female, was exactly what caught Sandeep's eye the first time. He tried impressing her with his knowledge; he had to have learned a few things in the 5 years he'd worked in ICU. A procedure bloomed into conversations. And as fate would have it, they both had plans to get fingerprints done for their California licenses; to which they went together. One tiny adventure in the city of Atlanta turned into date nights, international trips, meeting families...an engagement.