Aww! Cute story! I can totally see Clark being the type to pick out the ring way, WAY in advance and then being so nervous about it that he has to keep checking that it is available.
Love the last line of "Do you still have the ring." Perfect. I kind of half expected Julia to be some kind of time traveler or something with her promise that the ring would still be there if/when he was ready to buy it.
Thanks for the quick and uplifting read!