Nikki and Jared met when they were 13 years old at the karate school her parents moved her brother to that Jared just so happened to attend. Their families grew close when they started traveling to tournaments together. Nikki has been going to Jared’s family events from the beginning. They tried to date a few times when they were younger and had their first kiss at Nikki’s favorite place, the beach. They never went to the same school so they grew apart, but reconnected their senior year of high school at a fundraiser for Jared to be able to go fight in Ireland. At that point they knew the third time was the charm!