Nick and Julia met in the summer of 2016 in Washington, DC. Julia, an incoming senior at the University of Michigan, was interning for Booz Allen Hamilton that summer and found a sublet with some GWU girls. Nick, an incoming senior at George Washington University, was interning for a lobbying firm and living across the street from Julia's building. The night after Julia moved into her apartment, her roommate at the time invited her to a house party for Josh Marks's birthday party. Little did she know, it was at her soon-to-be boyfriend's house called The Barn. When Julia walked in, she was the only outsider. Everyone else was GWU. Nick was immediately drawn to Julia and upon meeting her did not speak to anyone else for the rest of the night (sorry Josh). After exchanging phone numbers after Sign of the Whale, Nick asked Julia out on her first date. He had the best tag line of all time - "Hey Julia, it's Nick. I know that you are new to DC this summer. I have a bottle of rose, how about we bring it and walk around the monuments?" Julia was instantly smitten and the two embarked on what they now call "The Summer of Love."