17 years later, ring bearer marries flower girl

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Adrian and Brooke Franklin served as ring bearer and flower girl in a wedding back in 2001, when they were just kids.

On Sept. 19, they performed that walk together again — only this time, as a bride and groom.

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While their story may have ended with wedding bells, the couple says their beginning wasn't quite as romantic.

"I had a crush on him from the start," Brooke Franklin told ABC News. "[But] he absolutely could not stand me. He said 'I got on his nerves.' I'd tried to play with him at school and at church and he just didn't want much to do with me at all."

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In high school, however, everything changed and Adrian and Brooke started dating.

"We would draw with our finger on each other's backs and guess what the other person was writing," Adrian shared. "I wrote 'Will you be my girlfriend' and she guessed it, but didn't answer me. I said 'Well Brooke, are you going to say anything?' and she said 'Well, you didn't write a question mark.'"

"Before our wedding day I had a sign made that said 'Will you marry me' but I cut the question mark out. I asked her to marry me and I said, 'Here's your question mark.'"

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Just goes to show, you never know when you might meet that special someone. In fact, you may have already met them.

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