What do I do if I was served two VPO's the other day by a sheriff?

The VPO's were filed by a husband and wife who are accusing me of harassing them, and to be honest I feel as if they have blown this out of proportion. One of the people I've only talked to two times this year (one was from a message I sent last month and the other when I texted him last weekend). Last year was only four times. They are listing a party from two years ago (which started all this mess, in which I got heavily intoxicated and supposedly said inappropriate things that I do not recall), me texting his wife shortly after the party (in which I was apologizing to her about the party in case she was offended, and then she lashed out and cussed me out), messaging her last summer (in which I told her I didn't accept her apology for the way she treated me from the message after the party) and me messaging his wife after he lashed out at me (which I messaged her to apologize for last summer and that I had no ill feelings towards her, in hopes of salvaging the situation) as harassment. Overall, I feel this is a misunderstanding. I thought I was talking to friends and trying to salvage whatever friendship was left, not harassing anyone. If I had known this would fall under the category of harassment, I wouldn't have even bothered messaging them and just left them be. I feel this is a defamation of my character as I am not one to harass. As unfortunate as things are, I can civilly deal with this and leave them alone if they truly want me to (they never communicated such effectively). What do I do? Is there someone I can talk to before the hearing that might be able to look into this or do I just go to the hearing and hope for the best? Is it imperative I get a lawyer to defend me? And what would this be under civil or criminal?