Jenni & Dan in Westerville, OH

For four long years in high school, Jennifer (Jenni) had a crush on upperclassman Daniel (Dan). He was one grade above her, and they shared many friends but had never actually spoken. “I just knew there was something magical about him,” reveals Jenni. The Bride Jennifer Frecka, 24, customer service representative The Groom Daniel Soderberg, 25, civil engineer who’s now a student of optometry The Date July 8 The two finally connected when Jenni was a high school senior and Dan was in his first year of college at Ohio University. She and a girlfriend were touring the campus, and they stopped to see another mutual friend, who just happened to be Dan’s roommate. “Dan and I immediately hit it off and began talking,” Jenni says. They shared their first kiss that night and began dating not long after. Six-and-a-half years later, while the two were living in Los Angeles, Dan proposed during a sunset walk on the beach.