Mi'kayla was working at her bartending job on Thanksgiving, 2015. Gabriel saw Mi'kayla from across the room and was curious to get to know her but that night, the time wasn't right. After about a week, Gabriel became curious to see if she was working and decided to grab a drink. After finding out she was working at another bar owned by the same person, a fellow bartender/friend had no problem expressing how great and sweet she was, gave him two drink chips and encouraged him to go talk to her. Gabriel drove to the other local bar and sat in her section. She came up to him and asked if she could get him anything and he said " I actually came up here to talk to you. I think you are gorgeous and I'd like to get to know you better." After hearing something so genuine, her attention was hooked.