'amoris integratio est'
- Publius Terentius Terence (195 BC-159 BC)

This is a story of a boy loving a girl.

It is popular belief that the best matches made in heaven are devoid of the quarrels and tiffs of everyday couples; That destiny has led lovers together, perfect in spirit and personality, to spend eternity in bliss.

Hollywood would have you believe in magical coincidences and fated meetings.

But this isn't Hollywood.

February 14, 2010 should have been a day like any other. Like any other day, a boy had a quarrel witha girl. Some believe that constant arguments to be a sign of a mismatch, others believe that the best couples or the most in love couples are ones that have no disagreements at all.

They'd be wrong.

You see, the opposite of love isn't hate,
it's apathy.

To quarrel, you have to love enough or be angry enough to bring up an issue. If you were apathetic, you wouldn't care enough to bother saying anything. Like any other couple, Jon and Kate managed to have an epic squabble, only this time, it was on Valentine's day.

He didn't forget, nor was she late. It wasn't petty, but it certainly was love affirming. In between the tears and the quiet thoughts of time spent walking away from the scene of unhappiness, arguments are nature's way of letting both parties know that they both love enough to hurt and hurt enough to know how much they love each other.

Being together is less about fate and more about the belief in your love for each another.

Like all other beliefs, it's about faith. It's the faith that you are meant for each another. In that faith, all disagreements are resolved and bonds strengthened. How did we remember this Valentine's?

It certainly wasn't about the roses, the music boxes that play Canon D or the romantic weekends, it's remembered by the heart aching pain of a couple in conflict and the emotional ecstacy of this couple in love. It's remembered by a story.

A story of how Jon loved Kate.