i love it! yes, we'd said one of their relatives (dads or uncles) had gone to school together and they've vacationed together/seen each other when in the same city. will definitely would have had a crush on her growing up. she also would have started acting right around the time he was stopping for a bit (after his younger brother scott, who she would have known, passed away), but he was living in new york at the time so they could definitely have still been in each other's orbit, especially since she was connecting with noah at that time (depending on whatever backstory you come up with for her and noah's collaborations, of course).