"Why did you talk to me in the first place?"
She looked away for a moment then turned back around.
"I am not really sure. I guess it was because you were that one math problem I couldn't solve, so I took on the challenge. You were a mystery, and I wanted to know more about you. A puzzle piece that fit nowhere with the rest. The odd one out."
"I'm a challenge?"
She chuckled and looked down to the pavement. "You were."
"And I'm not now, why?"
She everywhere except at me. Then her eyes finally meet mine. "I got to know you. Plus, you practically handed me the answer sheet."
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Ameliorate
PoetryCollection of thoughts, short stories, and poems. About the worst of life, or the best. Sometimes we want to fix this broken thing called life. But we should choose the easier route. Escape it. Just fly away.
