what if we just said they met at a party that they both happened to be at. like maybe it wasn't somewhere either of them typically partied or maybe just a beach party that one or the other basically wandered onto, but they struck up a conversation and just hit it off? but also, tate is a closet book reader. he doesn't talk about it with a lot of people but he has this thing for books. so he could have read one of jack's books and become a fan.