Then they’d grown up a little, and something different shone in his eyes. She had blossomed in the awkward period between girlhood and womanhood, and the dimple in Johnny’s cheek had suddenly gotten a whole lot cuter. After high school, he hadn’t wanted a long-distance relationship, and she didn’t want to be married yet. Things fell apart between them, and their relationship hadn’t ended on a happy note. It fizzled away in that way that happened when two people left things in stand-off status.
