August 2009. House party. Jessie's 3 bedroom Stuyvesant Town apartment on Avenue B. Jessie lived in the converted 4th bedroom. Mark was invited to said party and seemingly wanted nothing to do with Jessie. So, Jessie clumsily attempts small talk with this Mark Berger boy she had heard so much about. Alas, Mark cold shouldered Jessie, hard. And then somehow...they became very good friends. You see, Mark lived just across the street from Jessie. Also on Avenue B. Also in a shitty apartment. And so back and forth they went, every day and every night, watching Saved By The Bell til the wee hours of the morning. Until, finally, Mark was fed up. 2:00 a.m. and with Mr. Belding scolding Zack Morris in the background, he made his move. Jessie panicked. She cold shouldered him, hard, and ran back across the street to her apartment. For now she understood the purpose of the cold shoulder. It is to be done when you are completely enamored of someone. 2:02 am. Jessie gets a phone call. 'Mark Berger'. To set the scene it's December 20th and freezing. "Come downstairs", Mark says. Jessie paces in her converted 4th bedroom. "Uh, why, what's, why? I don't, uh, what's down there?" "Come downstairs." CLICK. Jessie, heart beating out of her chest, dodges a cockroach before exiting her Stuy Town lobby into the cold air. She looks up to see Mark. He is standing in just a grey hoodie outside her front door. Jessie: "hey, what's...?" Mark walks right up to her, kisses her and says -- "...now you can go to sleep." He then pulls a mic out of his pocket, drops it, and walks back across the street to his apartment. Jessie stood there in shock as Mark giggled in a high pitched "omg" all the way home. They haven't left each other's side since that moment. It's been almost 10 years since that night, and on September 18th, 2021 in front of their closest friends and family, they are ready to make it official.