Braces adorned her crooked teeth. Eyeglasses sat a little low
on the bridge of her nose. Frumpy clothes decorated her body as outdated hair
styles highlighted her head. This is the picture of a girl named Beverly. A
smart and intelligent young lady however with always top grades from grammar
school right through college. Not much of a social life, but she was happy
anyway. We get used to a way of life and accept it the way it is. One true
friend attended the same schools and some of the same classes all the way
through those college years. His name was Benny and he was struggling with his
grades in that senior year they attended together. She offered to tutor him as
they exchanged visits to each others homes. His grades improved dramatically as
the star quarterback of the football team made it to graduation. Other girl
students were quite disappointed. They were never asked to the senior prom as he
was the most handsome one there. Beverly and Benny showed up together that
special evening. Nobody else could understand why he picked her as his date. The
long lasting friendship became something more. Serious romance and dating
followed after those college years. The same company was shared as they both
worked together on their first job out of school. The young couple decided to
get married two years later. Both sets of parents were extremely happy about
this upcoming event. The cover of their wedding album wasn't a present photo,
but one of an old picture taken at the senior prom. That's the way they wanted
to be remembered. Maybe outward appearances didn't play a part in the way Benny
felt in his heart. Love happens when the time is right no matter what. Case in
point in a short love story about Beverly and Benny where the cover of a wedding
album proves it beyond a shadow of a doubt...