Gabriella and Casey first met during their freshman year of high school in 2017. Starting as a friendship, they quickly developed a connection that would become one of the most important parts of both of their lives. A few years later, during their junior year, they found themselves in the same history class. That summer, Gabriella reached out to Casey for class notes, and what started as a simple conversation soon became something much more. They began talking every day, sharing everything from the details of their days to their dreams for the future. Before long, they realized their friendship had blossomed into love. Their first date remains one of their favorite memories. After a movie, Casey's car battery unexpectedly died. Rather than ending the evening, they sat together in the parking lot talking and laughing for hours, completely losing track of time until AAA finally arrived in the early hours of the morning. What could have been a disaster became the perfect beginning to their story. After graduating high school, Gabriella and Casey both attended Auburn University, where they continued building a life together. Through football Saturdays, lacrosse games, and countless memories with friends, Auburn became more than just the place where they earned their degrees, it became a home. It was there that they grew into adulthood side by side, surrounded by a community that watched their relationship flourish and supported them every step of the way. Years after meeting as teenagers, Casey brought their story full circle when he proposed at Auburn, the place that had shaped so much of their journey together. What began as a high school friendship had grown into a lifelong partnership, and they cannot wait to celebrate the next chapter of their story with the people they love most.