HER (First real conversation)
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At first, it was nothing.
Just small moments that didn’t really go anywhere.
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Awkward waves.
Short eye contact.
Those quiet morning greetings that felt a little too forced to be natural.
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I never really got the chance to talk to her.
She was always surrounded.
Friends around her. Conversations already going.
There was never space to step in without it feeling… out of place.
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So I stayed where I was.
Close enough to notice.
Not close enough to be involved.
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Until one day—
that changed.
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She was alone.
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Walking the usual route home, but this time…
no one beside her.
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I noticed immediately.
Of course I did.
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And for a moment, I hesitated.
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I told myself things.
Maybe not today.
Maybe it’s not the right time.
Maybe another chance will come.
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But something about it felt different.
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Like if I let that moment pass…
I wouldn’t get it again.
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So I moved.
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Not confidently.
Not smoothly.
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Just enough to close the distance.
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My heart was beating faster than it should have.
My thoughts weren’t as clear as they usually were.
For once, I wasn’t observing.
I was inside the moment.
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And that alone threw me off.
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I was about to say something—
anything—
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When she spoke first.
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Not just a “hey.”
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She said my name.
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I stopped for a second.
Actually stopped.
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Out of everything I expected—
that wasn’t one of them.
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She knew me.
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And somehow, that hit harder than it should have.
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I felt it immediately.
That slight rush.
That small moment of panic.
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Because in that same second, I realized something else.
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I didn’t know her name.
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Not even something simple.
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And asking now?
After she just called me by mine?
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It would be obvious.
Awkward.
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So I didn’t.
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Instead, I just stood there for a moment—
trying to act like everything was normal.
Like I wasn’t caught off guard.
Like I hadn’t already lost control of the situation.
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But inside…
things were already shifting.
- Writer
