#Chapter 103: Crowning Glory

Rowena My heart felt like it was going to beat out of my chest as I watched Eric mouth those two simple words to me. “Kiss me.” His bright blue eyes bored endlessly into mine, and in those moments, time stopped. Kiss him? Kiss him? Now? In front of everyone? “C’mon, Ro,” Eric murmured, sensing my fear. “You promised.” I gulped, unsure of what to say; and at that second, I felt myself being thrust back to our childhood, back to one summer afternoon so many years ago when things were so much different… “Hey, Ro?” “Yeah?” “Do you ever wonder what it would be like if you were born in a different family?” I remembered that day clearly; Eric and I had been laying out in the grass beneath the big oak tree behind our house, watching as the leaves waved back and forth. I was nine, and he was going on twelve. Oddly enough, I remembered exactly what we were wearing: he had on a blue shirt, and I wore a pair of overalls. I think I remem