Jackie and Erik met in high school and became good friends.  Erik later went off to the military and was eventually deployed to Afghanistan.  A few months after his return, Jackie and Erik got together to catch up.  He drove 6 hours just to meet with her and the two saw each other in a new light after that reunion.  Jackie was in college at the time and they spent her entire college winter break together.   They realized shortly afterwards on a trip to visit his alma mater, W