Lauren & James in Negril, Jamaica

Lauren and James met during their sophomore year in college, and although Lauren asked James out several times, he always politely declined. After graduation, James moved to Boston for law school where Lauren was living. It was then that he finally asked her out -- and she jumped at the chance to go on a date with her longtime crush. The Bride Lauren Wahtera, 29, nurse practitioner The Groom James Czapla, 29, attorney The Date April 26 Four-and-a-half years later, Lauren and James were living in Boston while she was in graduate school. They talked about marriage and Lauren figured James would propose when she finished school. But on a random Tuesday night in November, James took Lauren out to a romantic dinner and for a walk around their neighborhood. They stopped in front of the house Lauren lived in when they started dating, and James dropped to one knee and proposed. They later wed in an oceanfront wedding in Negril, Jamaica.