Is this a good story start?! (It's for an English assessment)?

Story:

‘Better 3 hours too soon than a minute too late.’ These words haunted her as she placed a solemn flower over his grave. Innocent tears sprang from her Irish green eyes as she read the blunt markings written across the stone. A gentle hand rested on her shoulder, and as she turned for a moment she saw the face of him. For one glorious moment, he was back. He faded quickly and left behind nothing but a meaningless face.

That meaningless face had belonged to Mark Greene. His large physique made him strong and bold, but he had a sense of vulnerability about him. His thick curly hair rested around his head, filled with whirlpools of chestnut and hazel. His deep blue eyes glistened even on the darkest of days, and his slightly tanned skin highlighted his true beauty. Mark Greene was faultless. Sarah gazed at him as she remembered the day they had met. His charming smile and witty humour seemed like nothing but faded feelings. His smile meant nothing, his humour meant nothing and even his eyes meant nothing. All she longed for was her Eric.

Eric Wade, an average man. His overgrown dirty blonde hair covered his dull grey eyes. Tatty t-shirts, broken trainers and baggy trousers were the only clothes he wore. Stained with pizza, and colours faded from being washed too much. His quiet yet stern personality made him unapproachable to most, but to Sarah he was the loveliest man anyone could ever meet. The countless hours he had spent thinking of her, dreaming of her, talking to her. He studied her every detail. He studied her pale rosy cheeks that cheekily covered her faint freckles. He studied her Irish green eyes and her long golden hair with curly locks that entwined within each loop. He studied her light, humble laugh and fell in love with her more and more each day.

That is all I have so far..I'm not really sure if it's going anywhere but does it sound good?