In the summer of 2021, James was out with his friend, Dr. Greg, and met a guy named Jordan. Side note that you'll need for later: Jordan ALSO has a brother named Greg. That day, Jordan and James didn't have much of an interaction, except for a short exchange of words: James told Jordan that he resembled Chris Brown. A month or so later, Maddie was hanging out with Jordan and his girlfriend/Maddie's roommate, Alyssa, when Maddie said to Jordan, "Has anyone ever told you that you look like Chris Brown?". Jordan laughed, "You know, someone actually told me that a little bit ago". That was James! #smallworld Fast forward to October. Maddie is at a bar called Dante's Inferno with some friends, including Alyssa and Jordan, and James happens to also be there. James starts speaking with Jordan, reminding him that they met a few months ago and have a mutual friend named Greg. Naturally, Jordan thinks James is talking about Jordan's brother and says "Yeah, of course I know Greg?!". Maddie and the girls see them in conversation and think wow, they must be good friends! Why haven't we met this guy before? James and Maddie immediately hit it off (for a visual, James was in a full suit and Maddie had on a shirt that said "COWGIRL", lol). James and Maddie pulled an Irish Goodbye from their friends and spent the rest of the night dancing at the 70's bar next door. The next day, James asked Maddie if she wanted to watch the Brown's football game with him. Maddie was nervous but couldn't fight the feeling of wanting to spend more time with him. They ended up having such a fun day together, watching the game, dancing in an empty bar, and laughing together like kids. They were both sold on each other. Now, here's where it gets funny. That day, Maddie's friend Alyssa texts her asking what James' last name is. Maddie's confused by this because shouldn't Alyssa know James' name if he's such good friends with her boyfriend but Maddie tells her it anyway. After some back-and-forth confusion, the girls realize that Jordan and James weren't really old friends! In fact, this whole time, Jordan thought James was friends with his brother, Greg, and James thought Jordan was friends with his friend, Dr. Greg! If you're still with me here, congratulations, the mystery was solved! All in all, that didn't stop Maddie and James from growing closer. They ended up spending Thanksgiving together a few weeks later, just the two of them. From then on, they didn't want to spend a day apart :) Maddie and James now reside in Seven Hills, OH with their golden retriever (son), Boone Wilson. They love going on dinner dates, walks with Boone, and belting their favorite songs in the car.