The River and the Sky

(This story is eerily predictive; a fantasy I wrote when I had a sudden premonition about a young couple’s first serious relationship. I sensed the couple would eventually part, and they did…becoming almost exactly the people I sketch here. Except, of course, they are still happily among the living…)

She met a boy when they were young. He arrived in her class at school one day — shy, quiet, and as handsome as she was pretty…