Emily and Brock were set up by mutual friends, but coordinating group plans proved too challenging amidst everyone’s busy summer schedules. Taking matters into her own hands, Emily asked their friend Jenna to give Brock her number. Brock was surprised that Emily would share her number with someone she hadn’t met, but Emily reasoned that he was already vetted by a trusted friend. Although they had only been on a few dates, when Emily stayed in Charleston to support her family after her nephew passed away, she and Brock talked on the phone for hours each night. By Labor Day Weekend, when Emily’s niece and nephews visited, they decided to define their relationship—if only to keep her older nephews from asking too many questions.