As with all modern romance stories, Emmarie and Ryan met via the magical power of the internet. You might even say that a common dating app was the tinder to the raging fire that is their love. Ryan and Emmarie hit it off quickly online and decided to meet up for drinks. Emmarie was coming right from her part-time job at Eataly and was completely covered in flour. They met at a bar called the Baroness, and talked like they knew each other for years. They'll both remark about how easy it was for them to connect with one another. The very next day, Emmarie wanted to see Ryan again so they met up at The Ale Wife and had a few drinks. Over the coming months, Emmarie and Ryan continued to hang out and grow closer together. They went to plenty of hockey games, bars to watch Duke games, the occasional restaurant for dinner, but mostly spent time at home eating veggie dumplings and a lot of sushi. By July, it was clear to them both that there was something special between them and they officially became a couple.

That morning, Ryan said he would be getting drinks after work so Emmarie did some shopping & hung out with Segus.It was around 10pm & Emmarie hadn't heard anything from Ryan so she hopped in a Lyft & told Ryan she was on the way home. He responded by saying that he had just gotten in. As she walks into the door she sees the front hall light & starts to yell at Ryan for having it on but is caught off guard by the rose petals sprawled out along the length of the hallway leading to the living room. She thought nothing of it. Emmarie walks into the dimly lit living room & sees that Ryan is just chilling in a button down & jeans on the couch at 1030pm. That isn't what Ryan wears to work so she asks "why are you dressed like that?" & he responds "just wanted to see if you liked this shirt." Again, thinking nothing of it. As Emmarie is taking off her pants to join him on the couch, Ryan puts on their favorite song, Say You Won't Let Go by James Arthur & asked her how her day was. They continue talking, now with their favorite band, Lake Street Dive, playing in the background. Emmarie got up to go in the bathroom to take out her contacts & heard Ryan run into the bedroom. In the back of her mind she thought "it would be funny if he just ran in there to grab a ring & propose right when I open the door." Well, she opened the door & he was back on the couch so that thought quickly left her mind. She tried to walk past Ryan to sit down but he stopped her. He looked up at her & said "you know, I just really enjoy the small things in our relationship & I think that's why we work so well. You don't mind just hanging out & that's my favorite thing to do with you & I hope we continue to do it for the rest of our lives. I was going to wait until we were in Puerto Rico, but I couldn't keep it a secret any longer." Ryan got down on one knee. Emmarie tried to stop him. Instant tears came to her eyes. He started tearing up. Pulls out the box and says, "marry me?"