Brittany

The Summer of 2010 is where it all began. Brittany was studying abroad in Italy where she became friends with Matt, Cody's brother. Throughout the course of their two week study abroad, Matt and his girlfriend, Cara, couldn't help but think that Brittany would be the perfect match for Cody. They just knew as soon as they got back to the States they would have to make this happen. Matt and Cara wanted things to go just right. They wouldn't settle for just giving Brittany's number to Cody and let it happen from there. No, this would have to be done the right way. Only a blind date would do. If they liked each other, then Cody could be the gentleman and ask for her number and ask to take her on a date. Old school style. Cody had heard all about Brittany, Brittany had heard all about Cody. Now they just had to meet. The blind date was set for June 12, 2010. It was the day of the study abroad final and everyone would be celebrating that night. This was the perfect opportunity to bring Cody around to meet Brittany. Dinner plans for the whole group were set, and Cody arrived promptly on time, as usual. Everyone was eating, drinking, and having a good time while anxiously awaiting Brittany's arrival. Cody was starting to get nervous since Brittany had not shown yet. Meanwhile, Brittany was getting just as nervous. She was having car trouble and she didn't think she was going to be able to make it. She didn't have a car to borrow from anyone, no one to take her there, and the entire skid plate of her little white VW Beetle was dragging the ground and also getting caught in the engine. Her only options were to cancel, or drive the bug in the condition it was in. Brittany just had a good feeling about Cody and knew she didn't want to stand him up. An hour later, Cody was almost ready to call it a night when Brittany came bouncing through the door. Little did she know that a 30 minute drive with a halfway broken down car would be the best decision she ever made. The night went off perfectly as planned. They couldn't stop talking, laughing, and finding things that they had in common. Before they knew it, it was 4am! Like a perfect gentleman, Cody asked if he could see Brittany again and asked for her phone number. Just the way Matt and Cara had planned. Cody called, as promised and after a week of non-stop phone calls and texts, they eventually went out on their first "REAL" date. Cody showed up at Brittany's doorstep with flowers and took her to a fancy Italian restaurant (only appropriate, right?). They spent the evening at Maggiano's eating, drinking wine, and talking all night. After dinner Cody took Brittany down to the lake where they spent the rest of the night sitting on the dock staring at the stars. Brittany was so impressed at what a perfect gentleman Cody had been all night, and she kept thinking this was the most amazing "first" date she had ever been on. From that point on, they were inseparable.