He lay in the flowers and remembered. He remembered everything about them, from when they had met forever ago to when they had parted a minute ago.
She was really pretty, whether the Huge Crew had "rearranged her face" or she was concentrating on her homework in study hall. Her "say-anything-and-I'll-kill-you" face was just as beautiful as the "what-is-the-square-root-of-95?" look. And she was always there, helping him with tips, saving him from psycho-Missy, letting him copy her homework.
He lies there, and these memories help him decide. "Hey, you wanna meet me in the Rose Garden?"