Fast forward to 2020... Sarah was a junior in college at Webster University in St. Louis, and Jack - unbeknownst to Sarah - is living in a house ten minutes away from her apartment. The world has recently shut down thanks to COVID-19, and Sarah finds a familiar face while doom-swiping on the dating app Bumble.

"Isn't that Daniel's friend Jack Maguigad?"

"I always thought he was cute..."

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Ten minutes later, Sarah gets a notification that it is, in fact, "a match!" They talked for a few weeks over text message before realizing the risk of meeting in person was worth it. The next month involved a lot of home-dates, binging Game of Thrones, and uninterrupted get-to-know-you time. They always talked about how crazy it was that they have crossed paths for a large part of their lives, but never actually knew each other. Ten years after their first encounter, their paths became one connected line.