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HOW WE MET // ADAM PFEIFER & ELIZABETH POWELL
> All great relationships had to start somewhere.
A surprise blind date kicked off Adam Pfeifer and Elizabeth Powell's relationship when they were just 14. Their mutual friends devised the clever plot because they knew Pfeifer and Powell, both Topeka seniors, had crushes on each other. Pfeifer, who thought he was going to see Starsky and Hutch with his best friend and his girlfriend, had no idea that the outing was actually a date with Powell, or that she was even going to be there. But Powell's friend was nice enough to tell her ahead of time so she could get dressed up.
"I thought Adam was super cute," Powell says. "He was really nervous, but I could tell that he really liked me."
Pfeifer was shocked, but he managed to play it cool and even held Powell's hand at the end of the night. "We exchanged AIM screen names, and the rest is history," Powell says.
After the date, Powell's father saw the young couple holding hands, and she got into a lot of trouble, but she continued to see Pfeifer.
Seven years later, while studying abroad together in Europe, Pfeifer took the romantic
Contributed photo
Make a wish: Adam Pfeifer and Elizabeth Powell
stand in front of the Trevi Fountain in Rome.
opportunity to propose to Powell in front of the Eiffel Tower, with her father's blessing, of course. She said yes. The couple plans to get married next June after they graduate.
"Studying abroad together was better than I could have ever imagined," Pfeifer says. "I couldn't imagine being anywhere this spectacular without her."
The couple spends time together studying, enjoying wine, going to KU basketball games and volunteering at a children's mental health program.
// ALEXANDRA ESPOSITO