Welp, this puts a new spin on things.

For any Bachelorette fan who's a bit lost as to how things got so complicated for Kaitlyn Bristowe when it comes to her feelings for the show's two finalists, Shawn Booth and Nick Viall, we have some new intel for you that may explain.

Turns out, Nick and Kaitlyn's relationship before the show was actually much deeper than anyone knew. And despite Kaitlyn looking "shocked" when Nick came on the show, it's actually something the two had joked about before he appeared.

"Kaitlyn and Nick initially started talking as friends," a source who knows the couple tells E! News. "They had both been on the show and they bonded over that mutual experience. But it soon took a romantic turn. They never met in person before the show, but they were talking, texting and Facetiming for hours at a time from late February to early March. It would sometimes go on until the middle of the night."