Sabrina needed a distraction from studying for boards and "was going to go on one last date with a random guy". Turned out to be quite true, well we've gone on quite a few dates since then but you get the point. With Jarod's impressive abilities of distraction, it is unclear how she still became an accomplished doctor. Our first date lasted over 8 hours and consisted of dinner at a twice burned down pizza restaurant, a misogynistic comedy show, and ended with a milkshake and fries at Cookout of course. A true test of both mortal and relationship survivability.
This sees our protagonists have a fateful night beginning with a dinner at a restaurant specializing in Tequila and Meatballs (back when Jarod ate red meat). After this heroic food pairing, they journeyed to the nearby arcade bar where an intense battle of pinball ensued. Sabrina had bragged all night about how she was the best pinball player Florida had to offer (now thinking about it that checks out likely). When it was her turn to prove her worth, however, she had no idea how to operate the paddles, her bluff was called, but Jarod shared the spoils of his victory with her anyways.
Jarod had been poached from his EPA job in the triangle and moved to the Bay Area, a place he had always wanted to live. Sabrina didn't let him escape obviously, as you can gather from this website.