James and Madeline first locked eyes across a crowded high school cafeteria during a teacher work day in Newport News, Virginia. Although the attraction was instant, what began as a quick glance would turn into a lifelong adventure that neither could have ever imagined. While most couples might spend their one-month anniversary at a Chili’s Happy Hour or a Wine & Paint Night, these two lovebirds decided a 14-day Caribbean cruise was more their style. Two weeks, nine islands, and some serious growing pains later, the two had discovered an undeniable passion for one another. Two years later, in the gymnasium of that same high school, James announced to Madeline and the rest of the school faculty, “I Choose You,” and Madeline chose him back. Soon after, their adventure would take them and their two four-legged children to Houston, Texas, where they would find a beautiful home to start a family and another school to continue to work together. The story of these “high school sweethearts” will continue on one of those same islands they visited some years ago, when the couple officially ties the knot in Montego Bay, Jamaica and begin their life as Mr. and Mrs. James Riddick Jr.