The truth of their love story is their friendship. Believe it or not, Derrick and Melanie met 14 years ago in college. Derrick a marketing major, Melanie a dancer, both just friends. Fast forward till one day they found each other living in the Bay Area. Their friendship rekindled immediately through their mutual love of the outdoors. They spent a lot of those first days hiking and rock climbing together. But then found themselves slowly wanting to spend more and more time together. Derrick will say Melanie asked him out first, Melanie will say the opposite, perhaps we'll never know who to thank!