I sensed her presence. It was electrifying. Dangerous.
So I pretended I didn't feel and glanced only slightly to see.
I regretted my decision but it was too late now. Luckily she didn't notice me and I followed the moving line towards the examination office. She got in the line just a few people away from me. I didn't care anymore.
Connfidently, i took my examination neccesities and stumbled a bit while I put my personal belongings in the locker appointed to me. During my stumbling, she suddenly appeared. Her locker was next to mine and she was beautiful.
I went into the examination room and tried to calm my nerves. There was a beautiful girl that triggered a whole lot of senses but I could't get distracted. I sat down at the appointed chair and behind the computer. Ready to forget about her and focus. There was a task to be done. But she sat in the chair next to mine and I knew that I couldn't pass up this opportunity. I wanted to but somehow I took the bait. Gently.
"Are you ready." I asked.
She looked at me.
"No." She responded softly.
My heart pounded in my chest. Damnation to all of the feelings.
But she smiled.
In her eyes I could maybe faintly see a kind of curiosity.
When the exams began I made a note to myself to be strong. I wasn't going to be distracted by her. So I kept my heart from engaging in unneccesary emotions and answered the questions that were shown on the computer. Every now and again she would glance at me. The slight attention that she had for me gave me an idea.
After my exam, she was still busy. I made a note for her saying 'I wish you a pleasant time with your studies.' And I placed it in front of her. She saw and smiled again while looking at me. 'Thank you!'
Back outside, I hung around with my colleagues and saw her exiting the exam room. She briefly made eye contact with me. Surely, there was something going on. But I couldn't even comprehend what it was. So i made the decision to focus on my colleagues. I asked her a question. 'Did you like the texts better or the radio fragments.' She smiled. 'The radio fragments.'
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I often though of this moment later. I hear the voice of my friend. "You are never giving any attention to the girls you like. How would they know that you like them?"
The power of falling in love is a power that keeps hitting me at the weirdest moments.
