Dudley and Emily met in their college dorms, Bernard Hall, and Dudley was too scared to speak to Emily the first time he saw her. No worries, Emily talked to him about his tennis State Tournament t-shirt that she also had. Sophomore year, they both had a class for their psychology majors. Emily would find Dudley's unattended backpack and study materials in the library and steal it so that he would have to find her. Later in the school year friends (Joshua Gerloff) pushed the two towards each other. Dudley and Emily went to see Captain America together, which Dudley claims to be their first date (Emily definitely disagrees!) and had a sleepover where they watched Indiana Jones and discussed their entire lives, until it was 7:00 a.m. and Dudley had to go to work. That sleepover started out with them just being study buddies, but that was resolved when Dudley asked for a kiss and if Emily would be his girlfriend.