Melissa & Chip in Kansas City, MO

Melissa and Chip met at KU when Chip, a transfer student, joined the fraternity where Melissa dated a frat brother. Chip eventually returned to Baker University (where he'd spent freshman year). A chance encounter brought the two back into contact. THE BRIDE Melissa Wilson, 24 THE GROOM Chip Mitchell, 25 THE DATE September 20 They met again three years later as Melissa and her date distributed music festival flyers at a concert in Lawrence. Chip notes, Her boyfriend was really excited about me attending the festival and ended up giving me Melissa's number on the back of a flyer. The next day he noticed the guy had misspelled Melissa's name and took it as a sign to call. After some small talk, Melissa said she was meeting her boyfriend to end it. I asked her out and the rest is history, Chip says. Chip asked her father's permission about a day before proposing. I knew with two sisters and her mother all living in the same house this would be a hard secret to keep. Using Melissa's birthday as a cover, he gave her a few small gifts. After dinner, he said there was another too big to take along. Back home, Melissa sat on the sofa, eyes closed, as Chip went to get the present. When she opened her eyes, Chip proposed on bended knee.