We all have that one friend we could never imagine our lives without. Shay and Laurel met working together at Chatham Coffee Company and soon we’re inseparable. From spending summers on the Cape, sleepovers every night, and cross country road trips, they are truly the best of friends.

Chaning is Laurel’s sister-in-law, married to her Brother Austin. After helping show Laurel her first college party, Chaning quickly became a big sister and best friend. From living together when Laurel first moved to North Carolina, to becoming a most trusted confidant, Chaning is the sister Laurel never had.

Laurel met Allie when they were paired together as freshman year suite mates. Soon after, where you saw one you saw the other. Spending all four years as roommates, they knew they had found a best friend for life. And hey, if they can survive living in a tiny room with bunk beds together, they can survive anything.

Sarah is Will’s sister and Laurel’s soon to be sister-in-law. The first day Will introduced them, they knew they were already sisters. Whether they are watching Hallmark movies under a warm blanket, or laughing at Will’s messy eating, they are smiling ear to ear together!

The universe demanded Laurel and Nichelle’s friendship. After going to the same college to study nursing, moving to the same state after graduation, and both getting a job on the same unit at Duke, they unknowingly obliged. Nichelle and Laurel didn’t deny fate and have since become the closest of friends!

Sometimes you’re forced to hang out with your cousins, and if you’re lucky, you become best friends! Emily and Laurel have been close all their lives. After summers on the cape home from college, and Emily also moving to North Carolina to work at Duke, they’re more like sisters than cousins.

Ted is Will’s Dad, best friend, and best man. The person who taught Will everything he knows and who Will looks to for advice. Always doing something together outside growing up, motorcycles, water skiing, kayaking; the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

Ryan is Will’s brother-in-law, married to his sister Sarah. When she first introduced them, they got along right away. They have always bonded over their love of gadgets, action movies, meat eating, and always being up for something new!

Austin is Laurel’s brother and luckily loves to golf as much as Will. Austin and Will also share a love of picking on Laurel! Since they like the same sports, music, and travel, it is easy to see why they get along so well!

Jason and Will were bound to be best friends. Their fathers were childhood friends and their mothers became friends in their college days. Jason has been there through Will’s worst days and best. He knows Will better than anyone, except for Laurel, and is the older brother Will never had!

Will and John went to elementary, middle, and high school together. After they graduated college, they became roommates and lived together for 6 years. After many snowboarding trips and infamous golfing battles, the only argument they’ve ever had was whether or not that putt was a gimme.

Matthew and Will met in second grade, Ms. Bond's class. Matthew was the cool kid so Will made sure to befriend him immediately. After being roommates in college, partying together at ECU, and their mutual love of heavy weight boxing, their lifelong friendship is already cemented