I tricked Chloe into coming back to Columbia with me using an elaborate scheme that included a fake text from an auto company (my car was broken), a fake phone call from my mother (who helped set up the proposal), a totally-not-suspicious "friend date" (a red herring for the proposal), and a hidden bouquet of flowers. We "ended up" in the park where I first asked her to date me. I pretended to twist my ankle right at a certain spot in the path. We sat down on a bench. I had planned this out and it was finally time. After a few false starts (I was really nervous and she kept on talking), I captured her attention by bringing out the flowers. I said the sweet things I had written down and memorized with less eloquence than I had planned when I wrote them. Those nerves really do you in. Finally, I got down on one knee and grabbed the small box hidden under the bench. I popped it open and popped the question. She cracked a joke harkening back to our first conversation in the park. Then we hugged and screamed and she said yes. With tears in my eyes and a grin on my face, I slipped the ring on her finger. - Sal