Sterling Fight (couple cover)

<p class=ql-align-justify><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>These former friends might be faking their engagement but revealed crushes prove there might not be anything fictional about their arrangement.</strong></p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In college I often saw Judd Sylver in the library. He was a cool broody type of guy who reminded me of a deeply tortured soul who might write poetry.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>He was very different from the boy I met in third grade on National Make a New Friend Day when I passed him a note asking if he wanted to be my new friend: Check yes or no.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>(I'm a bit obsessed with calendar days.)</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>He was also vastly different from the young man who stood me up after I asked him to </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>his</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> prom.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Twenty years later I can let bygones be bygones especially when he rescues me from a bad date.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Then I witness him breaking up with his girlfriend which resulted in a sticky coffee drink on his chiseled cheeks and ice cubes on his fine-fitting jeans.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>I offered him a napkin.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Hey once a friend always a friend right?</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> *insert sarcasm*</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>However Judd takes us to the next level at my mother's garden party where a misunderstanding occurs with a teeny tiny slip of the tongue and a precious ring on my finger.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>And suddenly I'm Judd's fiancée. </span></p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Fake or not things are about to get a little too real with my old friend. </span></p><p></p>