At 6, I Promised My Best Friend We’d Go to Prom Together—12 Years Later, Mom Set One Condition.

SO WHEN SENIOR PROM CAME AROUND, I ALREADY KNEW WHO I WANTED TO GO WITH

Apparently—

Ethan wasn’t as certain.

One afternoon at Willowcrest High School, he found me beside my locker.

“Sophie.”

“Yes?”

“Do you remember first grade?”

I pretended to think.

“No.”

His face fell.

“Seriously?”

I laughed.

“Ethan, I’m kidding.”

“That wasn’t funny.”