I HOPE YOU'RE READY TO PARTY BECAUSE WE ARE.

It was August 27, 2011 when Samantha and Kosta arrived in the Bronx, New York and step foot onto Fordham University's campus. They both were accepted into a pre-orientation program of 40 students - Urban Plunge. As the program kicked off, Kosta and Samantha locked eyes in a moment that would queue an Adele song in a Netflix rom-com. Sparks flew like the Macy's 4th of July show, but these two naive freshman would continue exploring the friend zone with each other as part of a larger group - many of whom you'll find in their wedding party. Over the next four years at Fordham, Kosta and Samantha's relationship experienced many forms - best friends, classmates, frienemy of girlfriend, antagonist of boyfriend, that flirty in-between zone - but never captured the elusive title of 'together'. Depending on who you ask, the story goes that Samantha finally had enough of Kosta's shenanigans and needed a break from their friendship. Senior year passed by when the once 'friends soon to be couple' weren't on speaking terms. If you catch them at around 3 drinks in, they'll tell you plenty of stories... Anyways, Senior year concluded and onto the 'real-world' Samantha & Kosta went, separately. Well, Kosta went to Florida with his groomsman Dom where he talked about Samantha more than he admits. It wasn't until two months later when both Samantha and Kosta were invited to a mutual friend's birthday party in West Village, NYC. Kosta will tell you it was like a scene out of that aforementioned Netflix rom-com when the lights went dark on everyone besides Samantha who appeared in a white dress and a smile that illuminated the entire room. They met and proclaimed just how much they had missed each other. Samantha and Kosta spent the next 16 months learning to experience life as friends again including surprise birthday parties, Greek Easters, apartment fires (srsly!) before finally, formally being 'together'. On November 20, 2016, they finally could admit, "It Was Always You".