Their story began at Caravel Middle School in the 5th grade. Ashley intended to attend Levant but by an odd twist of fate the school didn’t have room for her, and so off to Carmel she went. It wasn’t all warm hugs from her new classmates though! You guessed it, Tristian took the cliché boy likes girl approach and picked on Ashley. His most notable tease was giving Ashley the nickname “Gap” because she had a palate expander which gave her a gap between her teeth and unfortunately but fittingly, she wore a Gap sweatshirt all too often. Like most girls, Ashley didn’t see any of his teasing as a sign of a boy who’s infatuated with her though and instead felt frustrated with him. Fast forward to high school and a mutual friend decided to act as Cupid, telling the two how good he thought the pair would be together. Starting as friends, Ashley and Tristian quickly realized Cupid was right and so a new journey started for the two. The years following consisted of a lot of making memories and time shared between the two. One of the many things the pair found a mutual love for was hiking. The first hike the couple conquered together was in Stonington, which become one of their favorites. Tristian kept this in mind when he finally decided it was time to take the next step and propose to Ashley! He had the perfect girl, the perfect spot, now all he need was the perfect ring. Knowing Ashley trained her closest friend for this exact moment, Tristian got the help from Jaedyn to pick out the ring of Ashley’s dreams. One ring purchase later, and getting the approval from his and Ashley’s family it was time to ask the big question. Exactly a month later he proposed at the top of the mountain in Stonington, in front of some of his family without a hitch! Now the story has lead us here, the count down to the big day where these best friends will become husband and wife!