OMG ... This is AMAZING ... So FANTASTIC from every angle ... What a gorgeous proposal ... and how beautiful that it mended an old hurt and created friends from past adversaries ... Everyone should learn from this ... GORGEOUS :)
It's ok to be a dumbass when young and immature. That's one time when being born that way doesn't mean a person needs to stay that way. Growing up, seeing a better way to treat people and then changing is a big deal. Deserves a bunch of credit.
It is never too late to apologize. A lot if these bullies today will realize one day that the things they said and did to their classmates was wrong. One day these people who did the bullying will be our friends.