They met after a mutual friend, Jeremy Lee, invited both Dylan and Shelby over to his house to hang out around a bonfire in his back yard. Dylan and Shelby started off as friends apart of a great friend group, always hanging around each other whether it was going to the beach, river, or sitting around a bonfire playing music. After a few months of being friends, Shelby and Dylan went on their first date and from then on their feelings grew more and more each day.