The Dating Chronicles – By Chance…

The Dating Chronicles

By Chance…

Gwen and Toby met when Toby was running fast to a meeting as usual, and bumped into Gwen on the street knocking her bag of groceries out of her arms.  Gwen’s eyes were full of tears, as she bent down to pick up her groceries and Toby stopped to help her.  He assumed she was crying because her groceries had spilled all over the street.  Two bottles of juice lay broken, while a carton of eggs lay bare and busted at her feet.  Toby apologized profusely, reached in his pocket and gave her two twenty dollar bills hoping to try and compensate for his blunder. 

However, her crying intensified, and he didn’t know what to do, so he offered to take her home after he saw she was waiting on a bus. By this time, Gwen was bawling even louder and clutching what was left of her bag of groceries for dear life.  She accepted his offer and got into his car.  When she got in, Toby noticed she was not only distraught, but very pretty. 

Suddenly, he was no longer in a hurry, as he tried to comfort her.  He learned after he took her home that she had lost her grandmother the day before and her car had broken down for the third time in a week.  They ended up sitting in front of her house for over an hour talking, and three days later Toby showed up at the funeral unexpectedly and Gwen was delighted to see him.

Shortly after that, they began dating and eighteen months later, Toby, who had vowed to never marry, proposed to Gwen on the bus stop where they’d met.  Two months later, they were married in the same church where Gwen’s grandmother’s funeral was held.  It was the first time for both.