Nick and Emily both grew up in Carroll County, Maryland and attended neighboring high schools. The two crossed paths at teenage parties and high school sporting events, but did not connect until Emily was home from Gettysburg College on winter break in 2018. Nick asked Emily on a date to Hoffman's, and Emily couldn't resist ice cream even in the middle of January. Nick ordered vanilla, Emily ordered mint chocolate chip. Once the ice cream portion of their first date ended after a solid 10 minutes, Nick and Emily decided to drive around the rolling hills of Westminster, MD. The two bonded over their love for music and spent almost 2 hours showing each other their favorite songs and singing obnoxiously on their Carroll County auto tour. Little did they know they would spend countless hours listening to music in the car together for years to come