In our conversation, Maurice mentioned his long-distance girlfriend. She was the kind of girl who, whenever she saw something beautiful on the street, would buy it and send it to him. Just yesterday, he had received a crystal ball with a rosebud inside.
"So sweet," I said, offering the expected praise.
Maurice blushed again, his eyes shining with happiness.
"When I finally got the courage to confess to her, I was ready for rejection," he said. "But she just said, 'Okay.' At the time, I was still stumbling through my lines, like, 'Even if you reject me, it's okay,' and she just said, 'I'm saying yes.'"
Maurice smiled so widely that it seemed as though his eyes were sparkling with stars. "That was the happiest day of my life."
Kris looked like he had an idea. "I've got it. How about we
