One spring afternoon, Danielle was walking down the main stretch of the office, whilst Christopher was on the phones, making calls. It was a casual Friday, so of course - Danielle was sporting a Hogwarts shirt with a pair of denim jeans. As she walked by Christopher’s desk, he complimented her on the shirt and she thanked him and moved on about her day. Not realizing that was the first interaction with her future husband. Fast forward to a few weeks later, Danielle walked into her first day of a refresher training course her office started up, and in the back row of the room, she glanced over and saw that same boy, Christopher, sitting there... she thought to herself “If he likes Harry Potter (HP), he’s gotta be pretty cool, right?” As she proceeded to walk his way, and sat down next to him. At that point, they formally introduced themselves and instantly hit it off. By the end of the day, Christopher had Danielle’s number (smooth moves 😉) and was making her laugh by sending her HP memes. They became close friends very quickly. Throughout the next few months - Christopher and Danielle had become very best friends. They took every work break together, they hung out at least a couple times a week outside of work. They texted all day, every day. They even came up with nicknames for each other - Christopher was Tom (from the HP series, Tom Riddle is Lord Voldemort’s real name) and Danielle was Stella (they decided if Danielle could have any other name - she looked like a Stella). Danielle was blinded by the fact that Christopher was such a great best friend, she didn’t recognize how great of a boyfriend he would be. Christopher seemed to realize this; and did everything in his power to open Danielle’s eyes. She was playing hard to get, and he wasn’t throwing in the towel.

At the beginning of October - Tom & Stella decided to go to HP world together. This is the day that opened Stella’s eyes. This is the day that Tom put on his mack game and showed Stella how gentlemanly, how amazing, and how loving he really is. He shed a whole new light on Stella, and it worked. Stella fell in love. Fast forward a couple more months - it’s December, and Tom and Stella are now very much in love with each other. Tom asked Stella to be his girlfriend on December 4, 2017. That Christmas was the best Christmas they ever had. They gave each other gifts that are out of this world - gifts that no one else may understand, but they do. Throughout the next several months, Tom & Stella fall more and more madly in love. They spend every moment they can with each other. They spend a lot of time with each other’s family and realize how well they fit in. They go on trips together to other states - finding out that they make great road trip buddies. They became Godparents to their nephew, Mario. One beautiful Mother’s Day - they got some VERY exciting news. They would be going on a cruise with Christopher’s parents to Key West, Havana and Cozumel in August of 2018.

August came quickly, as Danielle and Christopher were planning and saving for their trip. They were able to talk their great friends, Anna and Andrew to accompany them on the cruise! 🚢 The 29th came, and everyone was in their matching outfits - white and beige. The whole gang looked just down right adorable. Christopher was in khaki shorts, a white button up and a captains hat. Danielle was in a white summer dress with a beige sun hat and sandals. They were ready to rock this ship! As they got through check in at the port of Tampa, they were walking towards the boarding picture station - with backgrounds of Cuba and the ship for photography purposes. We all scramble together to get a group shot (which was perfect!) and that’s when Danielle and Christopher’s life changed... Christopher and Danielle were going to get a shot of just the two of them from the photographer - and as we were getting ready to do so - Christopher turns to Danielle and starts to sing “What Ifs” by Kane Brown. Danielle joins in, and at this point, she knows something is up. Christopher finishes singing, continues to get down on one knee and pulls out from behind his back, a copy of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. He explains to Danielle how much he loves her and as he opens the book for her to reveal a beautiful diamond ring, he asks her “Will you be my forever person?” ♥️♥️♥️ Of course, Danielle exclaims “Yes!!” through her tears of joy. As they struggle to untie the ring from the book - she notices it’s opened to the chapter named “The Unbreakable Vow”. Best. Cruise. Ever.