Lauren and Luca met in the hallowed halls of the American Enterprise Institute in the spring of 2022. Fast forward one year, and Luca and Lauren were living and working in Washington, DC. They shared mutual friends and frequented the same parties. They began to fall in love. Lauren's crush began almost immediately, but her friends advised against getting involved with Luca, for some reason! At the same time, Luca felt himself more and more attracted to Lauren's beauty, intelligence, and liveliness! Yet he did not think he had a chance with Lauren, so he did not pursue his love interest. After almost two years of beating around the bush, Luca finally mustered the courage to ask out Lauren after walking her home from a party at the now-famous Goldwater Estate. After their first date, Luca knew Lauren would become his wife.