Christo and Emily met while attending East Carolina University, home of the Pirates! They stumbled into each other early in the semester at a meet and greet lunch. Needless to say, it was not love at first sight. Thankfully divine intervention got involved in the form of Father Bill Quigley. He assigned Christo the task of walking Emily and her roommate Becca, home after evening Mass one Sunday. Christo and Emily quickly formed a special friendship that blossomed into a romance after a steak dinner at Outback. Six years later, Christo proposed to Emily at her favorite place, Oxford, MD.