𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫

𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫

he sat across from me
in the second booth
on the second row
on the right side of
that old diner with the
blue and orange neon
lights all around it.
he talked about his family
and his future and his
dreams with eyes brighter
than the stars in the night sky.
he smiled at me and you
could see the gap between his
teeth when he laughed at my jokes.
his blue eyes smiled at me as i
explained what i wanted to do in my
life and i couldn't help but blush
at the way that he studied me under
the lights of the diner.
when he started talking about where
he used to be,
"this magic moment" began playing
over the speakers and i could
feel the eyes of the staff upon us as
they picked it from the playlist of songs.
if it hadn't been the first time
i'd been alone with him,
i may have made a move or just leaned
across the table and kissed him.
he was so charming with his words
and his manners that i couldn't look him
in the eye without turning beet red.
even thinking of it now,
i smile.
he has opened a door in me again,
one that i thought was long gone.
he has made me feel again
in a way that i only did once when i
was a freshman.
the way that he treats me like a lady
and never oversteps any boundaries
and genuine likes the way that i talk
makes me happy for the first
time in an entire year.
and i never want that feeling
to go away.

written on: march 21st, 2021