We're getting married!

A tale as old as time... they both swiped right! As many of today's modern love stories start, Ella and John Patrick's started with a simple "hey, how's your week going?" after matching on a dating app... She messaged first! A week after exchanging messages, John Patrick asked Ella to meet up for drinks, and they had agreed to meet somewhere in Hoboken. Ella lived in North Jersey and John Patrick lived at the shore, so Hoboken was a decent middle ground for both to travel to. Ella's friend Jess suggested they meet at Belo Bar, and in true Ella fashion, she was 15 minutes late. While John Patrick calmly enjoyed a cocktail at the bar, Ella was frantically trying to find a parking garage close by that was open past 9pm. With no luck, she gave up and decided that the garage closing at 9 would be a solid escape plan, should she need one. Little did she know, she would be driving back home, well past 9pm knowing she and John Patrick would write a story together. He was wearing a lavender v-neck tee shirt and jeans. She was wearing a navy blue floral dress. And even though it was 95 degrees out in the peak of summer, they decided to sit outside. After 45 minutes of sitting on the patio at Belo bar, chatting, Ella and John Patrick had still not be seen by the wait staff, so they decided to move her car to the 24 hour garage a bit further away. They walked together hand in hand as they talked about their families, friends, and their lives, before returning to Belo bar to continue their wait for a cocktail. After another 30 minutes, they decided to cut their losses and head over to Texas Arizona where they began to fall for each other over cocktails and appetizers. At the end of the date it had been 11pm. Though neither wanted the date to end, it was time to part ways, but John Patrick had to at least try and get Ella to agree to just a few more minutes together by asking her to take a walk along the water. Although it would have been very romantic, Ella had decided she had seen too many murder documentaries and she wasn't going to take that chance. John Patrick walked Ella to her car, and gave her a respectful goodnight kiss. The two drove to their respective homes, not really knowing this was the beginning to something truly beautiful.