Serafina just continued to stare at him, admiring him in his navy blue suit; she had never seen Jorge dressed like that before, he always dressed casually. She asked him, “¿Qué tiene de especial esta noche?” He responded, “¡Es una sorpresa!” teasingly with that adorable smile he would give her when he was about to do something out of the blue. “Jorge, ¿qué estás haciendo?”, She asked, the smile leaving her face. “Nada, mi amor, no te preocupes.” He replied and again just smiled. He changed the subject and asked her how her studies were going. As she was about to tell him the waiter returned with the champagne. He popped the cork at the table and that drew everyone’s attention at the surrounding tables.

The attention made Serafina feel a...