It was the day of Amanda's first pep rally at Northeast high school and Carlos' last pep rally (he was a senior and she was a freshman). After performing with the cheer team, Amanda took her seat in the bleachers and Carlos took his place on the basketball court preparing for the three-legged race, wearing his very tight track uniform-- Amanda whispered to her friend that she thought he was really cute. Turns out, that friend was Carlos' next door neighbor, he drove her to and from school every day! On the way home that day, Amanda's friend planted the seed and that night Carlos slid in to Amanda's DMs on MySpace.

Amanda and Carlos were celebrating their anniversary, Carlos booked reservations at a fancy steak house in Durham. Just after the steak, but before dessert, Carlos looked at Amanda and said "I'm freaking out, feel my pulse." Amanda felt his pulse-- he was indeed "freaking out," Amanda asked why... and Carlos pulled out the ring and asked "will you make me the luckiest man in the world and marry me?"