Love Across Mountains and Seas

At the class reunion, my girlfriend of six years, under the influence of alcohol and spurred on by the crowd, kissed her ex. It was a brief touch, but the atmosphere at the scene grew tense, and everyone's eyes were on me. Against everyone's expectations, I showed no reaction and instead started clapping and cheering, "Another one!"

I still remember the shocked and angry look in my girlfriend Emily Smith's eyes, as if she couldn't believe what she heard, followed by a sobering fear.

"Bill Brown and I are just friends!" she hurriedly explained before I even asked.