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Real Brazos Valley Brides!"#$%&'()*")+%,'KBTX`s Meredith Stancik and Shane McAuliIIe Iound love across the news desk. Here is the story oI their courtship. engagement and wedding -- each moment beautiIul and romantic (and newsworthv).Meredith Stancik &Shane McAuliffe February 28, 2009!"#$%&'()$*+,'#((&-.$ShaneMcAulieandMeredithStancikmetinAbilenewhileshewas working as the weekend reporter at KRBC TV. I had been there a month, when I was told I would be moved to weekdays. ey had hired Shane to ll the weekend position, Meredith said. ey met on his rst day of work, August24,2004(thedayoftheirengagement--threeyearslater).His desk was right across from hers, so they faced each other every day. Shane recalls,Itdidnttakebut5minutesformetostrikeupaconversation. She told me about being from La Grange and I immediately told her how much I loved the Bon Ton Bakery, (which is now Weikels Bakery) in La Grange. ey quickly became friends, but neither one knew how far their friendship would take them./$%-')0.#$)-$10&23$4$5'#4+$6.After being friends for a few months, Meredith and I were settled in at ourstationandstartedtorealizehowmuchfunwehadtogether,said McAulie.However, Shane didnt think she was interested in him at rst, so she felt she needed to make the rst move. It was not very traditional--butwellworthit.IinvitedhimoverforNewYearsEvedinner.Ihad ordered Chinese food and put my own homemade fortune into his fortune cookie,saidStancik.Insidethecookie,thefortuneread,Akissawaits you at midnight. He saw it...and they kissed at midnight.Since the rst second of 2005 weve been together, he said. !"#$%&'%&()*+%&,#$-./&0&12#"#!&3#4$"5!%&7.8*9&:*;"&