For Love For Love

by Kalista Peterson & Sienna Ramos

The couple learned that they shared a love for pizza and wings, so they made their way over to Sweet Lew’s Pizzeria downtown. Climbing the disco lit staircase with growing hunger they came across a sign that spelled out CLOSED. What’s a date without something askew?

They instead took the cobblestone path through the park to PPK. We set the lovebirds free by leaving them to wait for their order alone. As they approached the set up of twinkling lights, fresh flowers, and candles they were wowed. Their plates were piled up high with pizza and wings and the conversation continued. The couple light heartedly shared their summer memories- bonding over their jobs, hanging with friends, and enjoying the time off school.

Ready for a sweet treat after their meal, they headed over to Cold Stone Creamery.

To keep them jumping into the unknown -- much like the date itself -- they sampled some ice cream flavors and attempted to guess what they were. Both successfully guessed the blind flavors, they settled on a seasonal batch of pumpkin ice cream.

Seeing a familiar face, everyone recognized a fellow Bearcat waiting in line. They goofed around explaining the situation of how we had roped them into this debacle. Pulling out a crumbled bill, senior Luke Martin asked “What are you guys doing?”. We were all shocked and overwhelmed with gratitude as he explained, “I just paid for you guys.” The pair ate their ice cream as the night was coming to a close.

The town lights illuminated the walk to Gustabo’s car. We left the two of them to say their goodbyes. They conversed over the top of his shiny