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According to the Huffington Post, Sam Maccarone fell in love with Jessica Burzichelli when he was 10 and in 5th grade and with the nearly decade-long love story, Maccarone knew he needed something that went way beyond the normal bended knee proposal.

That's when he came up with a plan with a filmmaker friend and a musician family member to pop the question as the couple "starred" in a music video.  The catch - the video was fake, but the question was real.

Take a look at the YouTube video.

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