We're tying the knot!

You know how people tell you to start relationships? Awkward first dates involving movies, ice cream and enough room for Jesus, Moses and one of those really fat Buddha statues? Yeah...that's not how this happened. We met on the coldest (expletive) day you could imagine trying to convince people to stop and talk to us for a story in Indianapolis. We spent two hours out in the cold. Two people talked to us. From there we would pop up in random classes together but would never talk outside of liking the occasional Whataburger or Vineyard Vines related tweet. That all changed on October 7, 2016. "Closer" by The Chainsmokers came on while we were on the dance floor and [redacted]. From there we proceeded to Facetime from 1000 miles away, bond over preppy baby names and take on the world -- or at least an entire college -- together.

"[Expletive] it! We'll do it live!" -Bill O'Reilly Did Deron propose where he first met Adrianna? No, it would've been too cold. Did he propose where they shared their first kiss? No, that would've been another risk management violation. Did he propose at Cheesecake Factory? No, Adrianna is not a girl he went after in college so he didn't take her there. What did he do? Live. Freaking. Television. That's right. He did it on TV. He recruited an army of friends, teammates and a decorated investigative reporter to pull off this operation. What followed was an avalanche of awkward stories, Taylor Swift lyrics and crying on television (sorry, Adrianna!). It even inspired a TV news drama blogger to roast him (read it here: https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2018/2/27/heres-4-minutes-of-your-life-you-cant-get-back). Somehow, he got a yes out of this. If you want see how it all went down, watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COpM9DF_XB8