Ashton was late to her first day of a college English class and found one of few remaining seats next to Eric. They eventually became peer edit partners, but they did more talking than editing. They talked through every class, laughing and making jokes about everything, and still somehow managed to get the two highest grades. Eric will never let Ashton live it down that he was number 1. All that competition must have helped as one day during a peer edit session, Ashton couldn't help it anymore and wrote her phone number on the top of Eric's paper, handing it back at the end of class. And the rest is history! They would sit in those same seats for the rest of the semester. And exactly 1 day shy of 10 years from that first day of class, they would say I do!