What started with a simple burger has blossomed into a beautiful love story...

In the summer of 2018 Dylan was working on "Words on Bathroom Walls", a local movie set in Wilmington, NC as a production assistant, of course in between his many surf trips. Meanwhile, Jessica was in her final summer of college and her best friend Emily found an ad on craigslist to be an extra in a local movie(sounds creepy, right?).. Jessica was obviously not convinced given all the true crime she watches.. so Emily went on set without her. Turns out, it was legit!

Emily came home and tried to convince Jessica she had to do it too. It wasn't until she mentioned a cute guy on set that Jessica was all in, she had to find out for herself. A week later, she ends up on set, eyes peeled for a "cute guy", but in a completely foreign world to her.

Sitting in extras holding was Jessica, and Dylan, the "cute guy", was chowing down on a burger sitting at the bar across from her. The film staff asked for a raise of hands for lunch orders, Jessica has her hand up but doesn't get noticed, starving, she doesn't put her hand down in hopes someone will eventually see her..and then..THERE WAS THE MOMENT..Dylan sees her! He gave her a nod and mouths "you want a burger?"....AND THEY LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER

....well....not quite yet haha

Dylan and Jessica never actually spoke after this interaction, it's a bit "quiet on set" between the two of them... Dylan's cousin Nick, also working on the film, asks Jessica to come to the next scene, of course she is only trying to talk to Dylan, so she reluctantly agrees. Fast forward some and Dylan and Jessica never get the chance to officially meet. :(

Jessica can't stop thinking about the guy that got her a burger, so she tries once more and goes back on set a week later. After hours and hours on set, Dylan walks into extras holding, FINALLY! Jessica is teaching all the extras how to play a game of spoons and Dylan sits down to join, only for Jessica to be released from holding minutes later. Yes, another missed chance...

Jessica at-least had his name and did a bit of digging to find him on instagram...shortly after hitting follow, Dylan slides into her dm's. ABOUT DAMN TIME! But it doesn't end there..

Unfortunately, Dylan was leaving town for a while and they wouldn't be able to officially meet until he got back. However, against the odds, they kept in touch, growing closer and closer every day. They make plans to finally meet the day after Dylan got back in town.

July 4th, Wilmington, NC. Fresh from Mexico, Dylan is enjoying a nice day out on the boat, and maybe a couple beers too many? He comes home for a quick nap and asks his roommate Evan to wake him up, because he is supposed to meet "a girl" later. Jessica is so excited and can't wait to finally meet him in person...BUT...Evan never woke him up. So, Jessica get's stood up. She tried to reach out with no luck, and at this point she is convinced she can never tie this man down.

4 am rolls around, and Dylan frantically sends Jessica an apology. Jessica is not convinced by a 4 am text message and lets Dylan sweat it. When 1pm hit the next day with no response, he was convinced he blew it. After a few apology texts and a missed call or two, she reaches out and gives him a second chance. That night they finally made it out on a date and the rest is history! A little over 6 years later and here they are getting married!!

Love is strong, love is patient, love is forgiving, and this is their love behind the scenes.

D&J

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