Vanessa and Vince first met at a mutual friend’s 8th grade promotion party. They talked for a bit that night and both thought the other was cute, but after the party they went their separate ways and eventually lost touch. Nine years later, they unexpectedly reconnected on social media. Even though they looked a little different from their middle school days, the chemistry was still there. What started as catching up quickly turned into endless laughs, great conversations, and realizing how naturally they fit together. Their story eventually led them all the way to Aci Castello, Sicily, where Vince proposed at the beautiful Castello Normanno-Svevo, an 11th-century castle overlooking the sea.