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Prologue

I’m in the middle of finals, so I decided to ask you this in a way more familiar to me

Do you:

A Miss me

B Really miss me

C Really, really miss me

D All of the above

(PS My answer is D Can’t wait to see you again)

“Le I want to ask you”

I put down ue across the top ofsure there was no food stuck there I squared ht as if listening intently, hoping I wasn’t giving anything aith my expression So that he would think I was surprised

The restaurant was dark and romantic, thefor a proposal

And I kneas fixing to propose He’d asked for , and my father couldn’t keep a secret from me if his life depended on it I was just a teeny bit shocked when Daddy called to givein response I sat on the edge of my bed, phone cradled inI expected

I’d been there when ed, and I’d never seen her happier I should feel excited like that Happy Giddy I didn’t I decided the shock was blocking my ability to react appropriately

“I know this see It was fast Maybe that would explain why I wasn’t quite as enthusiastic as I’d hoped to be To be honest, we’d really only dated for a couple of weeks over spring break

“But we’ve known each other for so long” That was true I’d known him for forever

Maybe the reaction I expected would come when he actually proposed He’d flash a diamond, ask me to marry him, and then it would happen Then I would feel the way I was supposed to feel

He hesitated, just looking at me