Jane and Rafael meet at the end of summer , after Jane has spent the summer crushing on Rafael from a distance. Jane's longing for security and stability, combined with Rafael's abandonment issues and being surrounded by the increasing dysfunction brought by his family, [4] [5] causes a lot of complications, not to mention Petra and Michael's eternal scheming to break them up.
After seeing her marry someone else, Rafael is finally able to move on from Jane, and this changes the dynamic of their co-parenting Mateo, with Rafael voicing his opinions much more. Then, Michael dies and 3 years following his death, Jane and Rafael are still successfully co-parenting Mateo and, with Petra and the twins she in turn had with him, they are a beautiful extended family.
Rafael and Jane have become best friends and support each other through everything in life, in particular Rafael has been one of the most to be there for Jane through her grief for Michael [18] and has also convinced her not to give up on her dream of becoming a writer.
After having her first fling and opening up to the idea of falling in love again, Jane finds her feelings for Rafael resurfacing, while Rafael gets back together with Petra. Anyway, this doesn't last long, as after a very short relationship Petra breaks up with Rafael, understanding how wrong they are for each other and what a huge step backwards has been getting back together with him, [20] and he and Jane start growing closer again.
They eventually soon get back together [21] and when their relationship is at its best, with the two having decided to move in together and Rafael ready to propose, Michael's surprising return puts a break to it all. Rafael was Jane's teenage crush. They met while she was working at a yacht club restaurant and allowed him in after hours. Since the kitchen was already closed, she made him some grilled cheese, they talked and had an amazing kiss, which was also the very first one for Jane.
