1.   When he failed to persuade her to cancel it, he asked her for a date - and romance blossomed.

2.   The romance blossomed when Keith and Mae were pen friends.

3.   And romance blossomed with Costya.

4.   And there a romance blossomed.

5.   And you never, ever believe romance could blossom between a lump like Alexander and the beautiful Williams.

6.   As a result, there are no adults around the house to put the brakes on his far-fetched scheme and romance can blossom between Krippendorf and Veronica.

7.   A romance blossomed, and a few years later Duane and Claudette, then a Delta flight attendant, married in Athens, Ga.

8.   A romance soon blossomed.

9.   After the reception, McCain and the young woman, Cindy Hensley, went out to dinner, and the romance blossomed.

10.   He did, and a romance blossomed.