We met at a charity sand volleyball tournament hosted by one of my teammates. While we didn't know of each other before the tournament, we both were talking trash across the net in the championship match! We have been just as competitive with each other every day since! I reached out to my teammate to get Mason's phone number and made the first move. I was known as "orange sports bra" girl by his friends until I made a more lasting impression! We started "talking" at the end of the school year, and had a romantic trip to Hurricane Harbor that solidified our relationship. On July 17, 2013, Mason took me to Cheesecake Factory and, during the Pretty Little Liars commercial break, asked me to come outside with him. In the trunk of his parents car were rose petals that spelled out 5 + 9 = <3. It was then that Mason asked me to be his girlfriend! The rest is history!