Michael and Emma met last year during their freshman year at Appalachian State University, but little did they know they spent their childhoods only 10 minutes apart in Matthews, NC. Emma never had another college on her mind, while Michael was called by the Lord to ASU during his spring semester of senior year, even though it doesn't make a lot of sense for a future farmer to go to college. As they both explored churches and ministries on campus, by no coincidence at all they stuck with the same 3 groups along with their roommates Ashley and Chris. The four became great friends and spent most free nights of the week playing board games or watching movies with the rest of their friends from church. Emma and Ashley told each other about their feelings for Chris and Michael the second week of school and their feelings did nothing but grow over the next couple of months. The four went on a lake retreat with their campus ministry in the fall and spent hours in the car getting to know one another. With the girls' big mouths, soon all of their friends knew about their feelings for Chris and Michael except the boys themselves! On October 22 of last year, Emma simply couldn't hold it in any longer. That night, Emma, Ashley, Chris, and Michael, along with some other friends, were going to have a board game night, but Emma had planned to go to a Cardio Dance class across campus. It was dark outside, so their friend Matthew volunteered Michael to walk Emma to the class, knowing that she had wanted to share her feelings with him. As they walked up the stairs to the gym, Emma blurted out that she liked Michael, and to her surprise, he felt the same way! That same night, Ashley, being inspired by Emma's boldness, told Chris her feelings as well. Two days later, the two couples both went on their first dates...and the rest is history!