In October 2015, Ashley walked into the very same room Bobby was in for the first time. Bobby asked her what she would like to be called? The options were Ma’am, Lieutenant DeLeon or simply LT. He suggested she go with LT and she agreed. This was the first conversation they ever had. Throughout their first few years in the Air Force, they developed a friendship. When Bobby left the Air Force to pursue a different career path he remained in the Northern California area for a while. During that time, they bumped into each other at a salsa club called Mangos around the corner from Bobby’s apartment in Sacramento. It was the first time they could actually just be themselves together. Over the next few months, the two ventured around California and a strong affection grew between the two. The laughing never stopped, the chemistry was electric and the adventures were joyous. It wasn’t long before affection became love and when Ashley got her orders to the East Coast Bobby couldn’t let her slip away. So he went with her and ever since they have established a foundation of an everlasting relationship along the banks of the Potomac River in Northern Virginia.