Cotey was assigned the country of Iceland for a "Teach a Country" project in 5th grade. She's still uncertain whether it was Iceland's vast mossy mountains, volcanic landscape, or sexy nordic men that first captivated her. Arnar managed to swindle his way into a scholarship to UVM by convincing the soccer coach that college in Iceland is free. This ended up being one of the greatest lies ever told as playing college soccer in the U.S. proved to be really fun (who knew right?). Flash forward, Cotey & Arnar are both at UVM, and meet at the local college bar. To this day they have different stories about how that night went, but one thing is for sure, it was Cotey who leaned in for the first kiss after Arnar had walked her home and said goodnight.