Christian and Katie first met at Magnolia Science Academy, Christian was an incoming 6th grader and Katie was a top of the middle school food chain 8th grader. It was the first day of school when they met for the first time. Katie and Christian became casual friends but mostly hung out in different friend circles throughout the rest of middle school and high school, occasionally bumping into each other at parties or events. After high school they fell out of touch for a while, until Christian reached out to Katie on social media to congratulate her on her admission to Loyola Marymount University. Katie invited Christian to go the movies and catch up, and the rest is history.