Nicole: Funny story...the first time I actually met Austin was during his FIRST incident report as an RA. I can’t go into details of the incident and for the sake of time, Austin asked everyone in the room for their ID’s to document. I lied and told him I left mine in my dorm room (it was in my hand the whole time hahaha) and that I was going to go get it. I actually never returned and texted everyone on the floor to stay in their rooms cause the RAs were there...LOL. So much for a cute introduction… Austin: I met Nicole during my time in college, I was an RA and she was a resident in my building. Somehow, a friendship blossomed between us. She was pretty cool and stuck out for some reason. However, when that school year ended, our friendship fell apart. Almost a year later, we spent time building back up our friendship and everything went from there. I still remember our first date, it happened after we were together. We were in DC and there was this moment where we were staring at each other's eyes, and things just felt different. Kind of that scripted romantic stuff you see in movies, but it felt real. Since then we’ve been at it and it's been great.

Nicole: How did he surprise me? To say the least, we had an open house in the morning and a “graduation party” to go in the evening so he thought a date in between would be perfect. Mind you, we don’t see each other often so we always try to squeeze in a date here and there. Plus I’m always down for some quality time, food, and his yummy face. As the day went on, I realized that he did indeed recreate our first date but in the most unimaginable way. When we got to the park, the scenery was absolutely gorgeous and I knew that this could be the moment. It’s was in the last shot when I turned around and saw him down on one knee. He asked. I said yes. And yes, I cried. Thank you Austin for a day I will always remember, can’t wait until my “Yes” becomes an “I Do.” Austin: Man oh man, what a day. First, here is a short back story to understand why the proposal was so special. On our first date we went to a museum (she loves to go to them), ate food, and went to sit at the Navy memorial to relax and talk. To prepare the proposal, I planned to recreate our first date as much as I could. We ended up going first to Baltimore Art Museum, then proceeded to grab food at the Blue moon Café. To imitate the scenery, I chose to take her to Patterson Park and propose in front of this unique but beautiful structure. When we got to the structure, I asked a stranger to take our pictures. I told Nicole to pose for us to see if the lighting was right. While she was posing, I told the stranger I was about to propose and I just needed her to act like she was taking pictures of us (instead the stranger was recording the video of the proposal). It took a lot of preparation for that moment, but it was worth it. I still remember Nicole’s reaction (immediately broke out into tears!) After the proposal, I threw a surprise engagement party which included our family and close friends. It was such a beautiful day (and yes I made sure her hair and nails were done lol).