How We Met We met when our mutual friend Emily organized a group dinner at a local Mexican restaurant in Raleigh. She didn’t want to meet up with her college friend Cole, who had just moved to town, by herself—so she bribed Devyn with free Mexican food (she never says no to La Santa margaritas). We ended up hitting it off and spent the next few months as friends, going to concerts, hanging out, and exploring the city together. It wasn’t until three months later that Cole asked Devyn on their first official date—walking Piper at a local state park and ending the day at Jordan Lake. Fast forward four years, and that same spot became the place where Cole proposed.