Thank God I didn’t take No for an answer. Picture this: It’s my senior year, and I just got dumped the week before you had to buy tickets to the Prom. I needed a date but everyone was already coupled up. “What about that guy, Ben, in our broadcasting class?” asked my friend. Initially, I hadn’t even thought of him – after all, he was just a junior, and I only knew him as the skateboarding, troublemaking, South American kid who was my co-anchor on the morning announcements. But come to think of it, he was pretty cute. I baked a tray of brownies and asked him to prom that week. It was an easy No for Ben. The prom was “too expensive, not fun, and overrated” and he didn’t feel like renting a tux. But I was desperate. In a Hail Mary attempt, I offered to pay for his rental, and he finally said yes. The rest, as they say, is history. I never did end up paying for his tux, but we had so much fun that night, I think he forgave me. We’ve been together since June 2014, and in those years, we’ve gone to Michigan State, traveled to more than six countries, moved to Northern Michigan and gotten a dog together. (We named her Mackinac, after Mackinac Island in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan where we took our first vacation!) I love Ben with all of my heart and I cannot wait to be Mrs. McCarthy! -Chloe

I proposed to Chloe at the place where it all started. In 2014, Chloe asked me to go to prom with her. I agreed and the rest is history. At prom, the school would have the kids meet in a historical village in Northville, called Mill Race Village, to take final photos before the party buses came to take us to prom. I had been thinking for a while on how to propose to her and what to do after. I wanted a proposal that we could share, one that could be documented by a third party hiding in the bushes (thanks Mom!), and one we could share with both our families. Thankfully, my mom, Silvia, and Chloe's mom, Suzanne, came to the rescue. When I let them know about my proposal idea, they were all about it and went above and beyond to pull strings and set everything up. Once the pieces of the puzzle were put together, we had a plan. Suzanne had a friend that let us use their backyard, which overlooked the dam in Mill Race. Along with Silvia's help, they set up a picnic for after. The rest of our families came early to help set everything up and wait for our arrival. On the other side of the creek, Chloe and I were wandering around Ford Field park and then Mill Race checking out the Victorian festival. I think she may have suspected something, because halfway through walking through Mill Race, I noticed the spot where I planned on proposing to her was free of people and I may have been a little insistent on going there at that exact moment. Nonetheless, I got on one knee and asked Chloe to spend the rest of our lives together. Once she said yes, I turned around and cheered across the creek where our families were waiting and cheering back. She may have known I was proposing, but she had no idea the whole family was in on it! We went over to their side and celebrated with a beautiful picnic. I can't wait to celebrate our wedding just as happily.