Jonathan and Shannon met during Shannon's senior year at Florida State at a mutual friend's birthday party. That night, Jonathan expressed interest in Shannon but was too shy to act on it. Thankfully, Shannon took the initiative and they quickly started talking. Jonathan won Shannon's heart through divine intervention. As a teacher-intern, Shannon had a different spring break than her peers and was stuck in Tallahassee while her friends partied at the beach. Jonathan was a Tallahassee local and after his weekend vacation with friends, he returned to school. One day Shannon was driving home from her internship and her car broke down! She had no one to call but this young man she had only met a few weeks ago. She took a chance, and he showed up and swept her off her feet (or got her off the side of the road). After that Jonathan took her on a proper first date to McClay Gardens and the rest is history.