Carolyn continued to come around to see Julie, and now she also stopped to see me. She graduated with honors that May and Julie and her both asked me to come to the ceremony. I was honored and dressed up for the occasion. There were several people graduating, and I was in awe of some of the accomplishments. Carolyn, however was receiving the highest scholastic honor for that year, and was therefore towards the end of the ceremony. I had sat near the back of the room, and Julie was in the relative's area. When she saw where I was sitting she came back and sat next to me. I told her to go back, but she smiled and said the company was better back here. My breathing began to skip, and I was in danger of passing out from being so close to a dream. Julie never noticed.
After the ceremony, I got
