We're getting married!

Bella and Justin’s story started in the spring of 2018 in their high school Spanish classroom. Despite the fact that they had gone to the same elementary and middle school and were now only sitting three feet apart every day, they had never spoken a single word to one another. It wasn’t until a mutual friend decided to play matchmaker and told each of them that the other had a crush when Justin finally turned around to break the ice. In the following weeks and months, their whispering throughout class became a staple of their school days and Spanish class became less and less about learning Spanish. These high school sweethearts navigated college from different campuses. Justin at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Bella at North Carolina State University. A little distance proved no match for them, and they got engaged in October of 2024. Now, they’ve built a cozy home together in West Virginia, where Justin is pursuing his medical degree at West Virginia University, and Bella is working toward getting her master's degree. They’ll celebrate nine years together the April after they say “I do”!