. >> reporter: at just 20 years old, part of that dream comes true when leanna meets 23-year-old ross harris, a local 911 dispatcher, who will become a guitarist in their local church. who was ross when you met him? >> the exact opposite. outgoing, extrovert, he would talk to anybody. i think we were able to bring out each other's best parts of our personalities. >> reporter: leanna says ross brin while she helps him focus on the future, inspiring him to go back to school for a business degree. you made him want to be a better man. >> i thought so. >> reporter: how quickly did you fall in love with ross? >> it was pretty fast. i would say within a month we were talking about getting married. >> reporter: but friends and family are worried things between the young couple are moving a little too fast. >> i knew that there were people that i was very close to in my life that were taken off-guard by the relationship because it we were talking about marriage so quickly. >> reporter: what did you say to them when they said, "why are you rushing this?" >> "i know what i'm doing." that was kind of t