Our story begins in 2019, long before we actually met, when one of Mallory's best friends and roommate at the time, Courtney Ritter, got engaged to James Abbey. Courtney had briefly mentioned to Mallory that James' cousin would be attending their wedding and she thought they would make a great couple. James' cousin, Andrew, was across the globe on tour at the time, so Mallory thought nothing of it. As we know, 2020 was a wild year, and lucky for Mallory it brought Andrew (this man she has never met or thought much about) to Tampa and off of the road. After months of back and forth and whispers in both Mallory's and Andrew's ears about "The Bridesmaid" and "The Cousin", Courtney and James' wedding day arrived. The wedding ceremony and reception were over when Mallory noticed Andrew in the courtyard waiting for his ride. She walked up to him and asked, "Hey, are you the cousin?" to which he responded, "That depends, are you the bridesmaid?". After a few short minutes, Mallory invited Andrew into her Uber with the Bride & Groom, and off they went to the after-party. After losing track of the time getting to know each other, Mallory invited Andrew back to Atlanta for what would eventually be known as their "3-day-long first date" and the rest is history. They proceeded to manage 2 years of long-distance between Atlanta and Tampa with thousands of Delta SkyMiles and Southwest points to their names. In 2022, Andrew took the leap and moved to Atlanta. They lived a 10-minute walk from each other, so their days consisted of long walks on the Beltline, breakfast tacos at Muchacho, Saturday thrifting, and occasionally too many margaritas at El Ponce. In April of 2023, they moved into a house in Candler Park and quickly unpacked their belongings, only to repack them for their upcoming trip to France a week later. Mallory had a hunch that Andrew was going to propose, but he stunned her with a simple, personal proposal in the very house Mal lived in while Au Pairing in the French Alps. After the proposal, they spent the day exploring Chamonix and drinking champagne.