Meeting at Parting

Summary

At the university's centennial gala, I ran into my first love, Seraphina Gilbert.

After giving her speech as the alumni representative, she turned to me in front of everyone and held up a diamond ring.

"You once said you would make me a wedding ring from a thorned rose. Now, it's my turn to propose.

"Evan, will you marry me?"

The auditorium erupted.

Everyone was waiting for me to nod tearfully, to say yes. After all, my pursuit of her back in the day had been the stuff of campus legend.

But they seemed to have forgotten.