They had both worked at Honeyrock camp in different years, Ethan as an archery instructor and Claire as a wrangler. They had a lot of mutual friends, and finally crossed paths right before Claire's freshman year. She was coming into camp from a 10-day backpacking and rock climbing trip during which she had not showered. 40-pound pack still on, she ran over to her wrangler friends who were talking with Ethan. Within a couple of days of working around the camp together and playing "greasy watermelon," they were both crushing. They stayed up late talking one night in the Honeyrock apple orchard, overlooking the horses that Claire had worked with for the last year. She got so nervous that when Ethan stepped inside to grab his backpack, she literally ran away. He was pretty confused, but they kept getting closer anyway. It worked out.