On May 17th in Pennsylvania, they met at a restaurant. As their family engaged in conversation, Adriana would actively ignore Juan Carlos. After lunch, the group went to Penn's Landing and it was there that Adriana decided to start a conversation with Juan Carlos, as their family had left them behind (on purpose). They bonded over playing volleyball and how they each played in the Junior Olympics in 2006. Hours later they said their goodbyes and Juan Carlos drove to Florida and Adriana went back to her life in Pennsylvania. A week passed and they began messaging and when Juan Carlos was deployed they would email every day. As soon as Juan Carlos returned to shore 2 months later, he boarded a plane nonstop to Philadelphia. Adriana was there waiting for him at the airport. The rest is history...