The story starts October 7th 2017... John was celebrating his friends Tommy Ryan and Amy Ryan moving into their apartment in Niantic, CT. Sam was with her brother Gregory at what was once known as Lion heart Bar, in Niantic. When Greg went outside, Ethan Donecker said to John, "Are you gonna go up to that girl? She keeps checking you out" Meanwhile, Sam was watching this group of friends and thought of how nice it is, a group of friends out having a blast, dancing the night away, with next to no-one else in this bar. John sits down next to Sam at the Bar and drops the cheeziest pick up line.. " You're too cute to be sitting here by yourself" But something about his smile and eyes made that line super adorable and we felt like we had known each other for years. Like finding an old friend after so much time.