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When Maria Arias first met Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez years ago through family, she was not impressed.
“It was definitely not love at first sight — he was a center of attention type guy and I’m not that way,” she jokingly recalls in an exclusive interview with PEOPLE.
But after seeing his softer side when he made a heartfelt toast at a group dinner, the psychology student and the rising athlete became fast friends and eventually fell in love.