TURNER AND LAUREN MET AT DON LUGO HIGH SCHOOL IN CHINO, CA IN 2007 WHERE THEY SHARED A CHEMISTRY CLASS TOGETHER. THEY BOTH WENT THEIR SEPARATE WAYS AFTER TURNER GRADUATED FROM DON LUGO. LITTLE DID TURNER AND LAUREN KNOW THEY HAD A COMMON FRIEND AMONGST THEM. IN 2013 LAUREN AND JESSICA WENT TO DISNEYLAND AND JESSICA HAD POSTED A PICTURE OF THEM TWO AT THE HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH. TURNER THEN FOUND LAUREN ON INSTAGRAM AND THEY BEGAN REKINDLING THEIR FRIENDSHIP THROUGH PICTURES AND MEMORIES OVER SOCIAL MEDIA. TURNER AND LAUREN CONTINUED TO STRENGTHEN THEIR FRIENDSHIP AND BOTH STARTED TO DEVELOP FEELINGS FOR ONE ANOTHER AND BOTH REALIZED THAT THEY HAD TOO MUCH IN COMMON TO NOT BE TOGETHER. TURNER LEFT FOR THE COAST GUARD IN JANUARY OF 2014 AND THEY WROTE EACH OTHER LETTERS BACK AND FORTH WHILE TURNER WAS IN BOOTCAMP AND THEIR FEELINGS GOT STRONGER. MANY FACETIME DATES AND LETTERS WENT BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE TWO. IN JULY 2014 TURNER CAME HOME ON VACATION AND THE TWO WERE INSEPARABLE. IN MARCH OF 2015, TURNER PROPOSED TO LAUREN DOWN AT THE LAGUNA BEACH TIDE POOLS WHERE SHE HAPPILY SAID YES. THEY ARE CURRENTLY LIVING UP IN PORT ANGELES, WASHINGTON AS THAT IS WHERE TURNER IS STATIONED AT FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS, AND THEY ANXIOUSLY AWAIT UNTIL THEY CAN MOVE BACK TO SUNNY CALIFORNIA.