Sage's Side-part 3

This is where the paths of Parsley and Sage begin to converge.

Parsley was now 18 and I was 24. I was working as a Software Engineer off in the "big city" and loving it but still very alone. I would see Parsley at church and I knew that she had an amazing singing voice but I didn't think we had ever spoken to each other.

When the senior prom rolled around for Parsley one of my cousins who attended her same school asked if I would drive a limo for him and his prom date. I agreed, but as it turned out the person they rented the limo from required their own driver. Instead I was asked to be one of the chaperone's at the after party at our church.

Around this same time I heard that a different cousin of mine was taking Parsley to the prom basically just as friends. I never told anyone but when I heard it I was jealous. Why did none of my cousins think to bring me into this equation if she needed a prom date? I then see Parsley at the after prom party at the church in her shimmering silver dress and she was very beautiful. There I am still alone and thinking this was just how my life was going to be.

Next, Parsley was forced to take the steps that I was too shy to take.