Justin and Katie met at a bar, of all places. They were introduced to each other through their mutual friend Keith. After that day, Justin tried his best to talk to Katie over the next few months, while Katie blew him off every chance. When Katie was gone for the Military, Justin tried once again, but Katie didn’t think it would be best with her being in Missouri and Justin being in Bluefield. Come November, Katie was talking to Justin and said she dreaded driving back to Beckley after being at a friend’s in Princeton. Turns out, Justin lived only 2 minutes from Katie’s friend, and he offered her a place to sleep. Justin offered to let Katie pick a movie to watch when she got to his house. Katie, being who she is, picked “Tucker and Dale vs Evil”. Not half way through the movie, Justin was weirded out and said this was the strangest movie he had ever seen. Katie went home thinking she weirded him out enough to never hear from him again. Instead, he asked to see her again and eventually, the two became inseparable.