Lennox: On our way!
I let out a breath, but it doesn’t take my nerves with it. Juliet ran away after our first five dates. If tonight doesn’t go well, she mightjump off the bridge.
I should have brought some floaties just in case.
But she won’t reject me. We’ve been together for almost a year now, and every day has only gotten better and better. We’ve taken things slow. She wants a long engagement, and I’m happy to give it to her, as long as she says yes tonight.
“Crew, go!” a woman calls.
I look around to find a mother fighting with her little boy at the opposite end of the bridge.
Shoot, I forgot about pedestrians.
“But I want to stay here,” the little boy whines.
I’d much rather he doesn’t.
The mom looks nervously around at the lights and me. “No, we have to leave. Now.”
“But I have to pee!”
Welp. There goes the night.
My phone buzzes again.
Lennox: Walking.
I jog over to the lady. “I’m so sorry. I don’t mean to be rude, but I’m proposing to my girlfriend tonight, and she’s almost here.”
The woman looks frantically from her child to me, to the bridge. I hope she isn’t considering jumping off herself.
“I’m sorry, I’m trying to get him home, but it’s way past his bedtime, and he’s being a grump.”
“I’m not a grump,” the boy whines and throws himself face down on the bridge. “I just have to pee.”
By all means, please relieve yourself.
The mom tries to pick him up, but he’s half her size and remains glued to the boards like a sucker fish.
He’s not going anywhere.Wonderful.
If I carried cash, I’d offer it to him to get off the ground, or at least be quiet, but allI’ve got in my pocket is a very expensive ring.
“Michael?”
I whip around.
There she is. The light of my life. My beautiful Juliet. But notthatJuliet.
Her hair is curled, and she’s wearing my favorite teal dress, the one that brings out the hint of blue in her eyes.
I straighten my suit jacket and walk toward her with purpose. With passion. This is it. This is the beginning of the rest of my life.
“Juliet.” I take her hand. Her eyes stay on mine. She knows what I’m going to ask, and she’s still here.
So far, so good.
“When I started building this bridge with my dad, I thought we could finish it in a few days. But it took months. Still, every day I was excited to work on it because I knew we were building something great. Juliet, I want to build something great with you.”
