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A couple who were a flower girl and ring-bearer at the same wedding as kids go on to tie the knot.

Adrian Franklin wasn’t always so found of his wife Brooke. In fact, as a five-year-old ring-bearer he was "devastated" when he was told he’d have to walk down the aisle with the little flower girl.

"I was devastated. I was like "tell me I don't have to walk down the aisle with her," said 22-year-old Adrian.

"She had a crush on me but she got on my nerves."

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But Brooke knew that it was true love and didn’t give up.

"We went to school together and I would always try to play with him on the playground and he wouldn't have anything to do with it," said Brooke, now 21.

"He really started to come around in middle school."

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But despite their spats as children, the couple starting dating in high school, when they were in their early teens.

"We would draw with our finger finger on each other's back and guess what the other person was writing," Adrain told ABC.

"I wrote 'will you be my girlfriend' and she guessed it, but didn't answer me. I said 'well Brooke are you gong to say anything?' and she said 'well you didn't write a questions mark."

Then in November 2014 he incorporated this private joke in his heartwarming proposal.

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He asked his friends to ride by in a boat with a sign that said "Will you marry me Brooke".

Adrian then got down on one knee and handed Brooke a question mark. Having known he was the one at five years old, Brooke said yes immediately.

Now, 17 years on from their first trip down the aisle, the flower girl and ring bearer got hitched at the very same church.

They were married in Gastonia, North Carolina, on September 19, in front of 300 guests including the bride whose day they shared nearly two decades earlier.

This time Adrian was much happier to be sharing the special day with the love of his life.