Samm and Jessica both went to Saint Cloud State University and were both involved in the theater department. They first met during the 2013 production of "Stop Kiss" where Samm was sound designer and Jessica was acting. The sparks did not fly for quite some time still! Over the years, Samm and Jessica would appear in shows together, but the casts were always large, and they wouldn't get the chance to talk. They were simply friendly acquaintances. By 2016, Samm had graduated and left St. Cloud for the cities and Jessica was on her 3rd choice of major. In 2018, the theater department had gotten smaller and had opened auditions to the public as well as students for the fall musical "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee". Hearing of this audition, Samm decided to drive from Minneapolis to St. Cloud to audition. Jessica was still heavily involved in the department, was living in St. Cloud and also auditioned. This time, instead of a large cast to keep the two from becoming closer, the cast was a meager 7 people. Samm and Jessica were able to talk more and become more friends then just acquaintances. By the end of the 3 week run, Jessica had developed feelings for Samm! After the show closed, Jessica's friend decided to ask out her crush and this instilled a bravery in Jessica. She thought if her friend could ask out someone, so should she! She reached out to Samm and the rest is history!