There has always been an invisible string tying Valerie and Chris together, slowly weaving their lives toward each other until the link was impossible to ignore. As friends in high school, Val and Chris were naively blind to their connection. They somehow always ended up in the same room at the same time, and that room was almost always full of laughter. After years of making jokes at each other's expense and innocently flirting across classrooms, Val and Chris graduated and went their separate ways, occasionally catching up on social media. Until one day in Studio A of the Dance Center when Valerie's dance teacher asked if she knew Chris Brown, our new mutual friend. Flash forward a couple of weeks, and Val finally agreed to reach out to Chris, who seemed to miss Val's friendship as much as she missed his. The pair planned a day at the beach, both unsure if it was a date or just friends catching up. That was no longer a mystery when Chris showed up with flowers, and the couple spent the next 12 hours together, quickly realizing their high school flirting may not have been a joke after all. Since that day in 2015, Valerie and Chris have built a partnership and a love you see once in a lifetime, the kind you don't put down. Through the highs and lows life throws their way, they never waver. They continue to grow together, supporting each other's dreams and sharing their passions. After 8 incredible years together, they are thrilled to take this next step in honoring their love with their closest friends and family by their side, til death do they part.