They met in August, the weekend before school started at CSULB. It was Dani's Senior Year, and Ryan's Junior year, and his first year at a new school. Ryan got invited to a "Back to School" party by a stranger he met at the gym. He went to the party in hopes to meet some new friends, and maybe a girl or two (little did he know he would meet his future wife). Dani was dragged to a party (after driving 12+ hours back to Long Beach) by her roommates. She went purely on the promise by her roomate that a boy named Ryan would be there, who she would "think was hot", and had to meet. He was playing beer-pong in a burgundy sweater (during the summer...) with hair perfectly gelled into place. She showed up exhausted, a little cranky & only wanting to hangout with her friends & relax before school started. She let herself be dragged across the party to meet this boy at a beer-pong table. Their eyes locked through the screen door. He claimed she was the only girl at the party he saw & the only one he wanted to meet. She denied any attraction (she didnt want to give her friends the satisfaction of being right), yet the second she saw him she knew he was different & secretly fell in love. 5 months of fraternity parties & sorority events later, they started dating & 8 years after that they are getting married.