In January of 2018 Brooke started working at Chico's Mexican Restaurant in Greenville, North Carolina. She was finishing up her senior year at East Carolina University (go pirates!!) Then she met Jose. Jose had been working at Chico's for awhile and they had met through mutual friends and coworkers. They were regularly going out together with the same groups of people and were aware of one another, but just as friends. In February of 2018, Jose's good friend, Joe Bean, asked Brooke if she knew that Jose was interested in her (she had no idea). From that point forward the two were inseparable. Little did they know that Jose had never said anything to Joe, he was just trying to stir the pot and see what he could start!!