Rachel started working at her latest job and was being trained by a mutual friend, who had told Rachel that she needed to meet one of her friends and that they would click immediately because they were the exact same person but obviously just the opposite sex. Sonny had asked her if 1. Rachel was single and 2. if Rachel liked alpha males, when Rachel jokingly said yes, she then told her to give Sonny her phone number. Sonny then texted Rachel with, "hey what's up?" with a quick response from Rachel saying, "sorry, who is this?" Sonny being so clever responded with, "you're close enough". Confused at first, Rachel then realized from her text she said "sorry" - "Sonny" - get it?! They're close enough! Just a couple days later, Rachel had asked her best friend Ashley to go down to San Clemente with her because she didn't want to meet their mutual friend and Sonny by herself because she was afraid Sonny wouldn't like her. As that weekend rolled around, the four of them met up at a bar in San Clemente called Goody's Tavern. From then on, Sonny and Rachel had the greatest time and have been inseparable ever since.