"..."
*Were kids these days always this mature?*
As they watched William and Charlotte decide their lifelong commitments in just two sentences and then whisper something to each other while hugging, the adults from both families were momentarily dumbfounded.
After a short while, it was Anna, who was the most familiar with how to manage children, who reacted first. She bit her lip and tried to speak gently,
"William, what are you doing?!"
"I'm proposing, and I succeeded."
Using a handkerchief to remove the sticky candy from his face and then returning it to his small wife, William said earnestly,
"We've agreed on a plan; once we graduate, we'll get married. Then, the first child should be a boy, the second a girl, and the third ideally twins—one of each…"
"Ahem… let's talk about that later."
