Amber
It was dusk when I left Simona’s house. We’d not spoken much after our conversation, but that was okay. It surprised me how good I felt about it.
She liked me. She really liked me! Visions of that famous Academy Awards’ speech raced through my head and I laughed out loud. God, I hope no one can see me, a fool laughing to herself walking the streets. I shouldn’t get my hopes up. But, I wanted to indulge in the dream that Simona would find a plain, bookish geek like me attractive. But the chances of attracting a successful woman with her s**t together was microscopic, to say the least.
Since I’d arrived in Raleigh, I’d accomplished nothing but keeping people at arm's length. I knew I had to survive, but I did the bare minimum. I was as afraid of my own shadow as much as I was fearfu
