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Well, the stage was set. Calvin was finally going to propose to Denise and he had selected the perfect evening and location to do so. It would be the fourth anniversary of the first time that he had laid eyes on Denise. This is a moment that he had never told her about so he was sure it would be a surprise. Denise was a food server at the Spaghetti Factory in Seattle at the time and he had come in with his friends for some pasta. He was immediately struck by the waitress who was serving the tables in the trolley and could not take his eyes off of her. He even went so far as to ask his own server what her name was. However, he didn’t have the nerve to speak to her and when he finally gathered the courage to come back in and do so a month later he learned that she had quit.

Calvin was a student at the University of Washington at the time and spent the final two weeks of his summer regretting his lack of courage and lamenting the loss of what he considered to be the love of his life. Needless to say that the first day of class he almost fell out of his chair when she walked into his astronomy lab and sat down three chairs away from him. He was certain it was the same person and was careful to listen for her name when role was called. Sure even, this was Denise. And from there Calvin figured out how to manipulate the lab partners so that he could be hers. As far as Denise is concerned, that class was the first time either of them saw the other. It was also where they fell in love.

As Calvin and Denise enjoyed their salads and wine at the SkyCity restaurant at the top of the Space Needle, Calvin confessed the Spaghetti Factory story to Denise. As was expected she was surprised and also flattered. They talked about the early days and that chance sighting that led to his initiating the lab partnership while they ate their meals and when the Lunar Orbiter dessert arrived, Calvin slid out of his chair and bent down on one knee. He presented the ring and Denise cried as he asked her to marry him. This was the exact seen he imagined four years ago while he watched her putting down plates in the trolley. This time Calvin’s fantasy relates to the day the return to Seattle for an anniversary and stay in one of the luxury Seattle hotels.

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