*how to get the girl*

STEP ONE : GET HER ATTENTION

Jamie has learned quite repetitively through the years that love is a complicated thing. There are many emotions that make up love like happiness and sadness and kindness, but all that Jamie has seen is the depression and hatred that comes from it.

This doesn't stop him from staring at a very special girl on a very mundane Monday morning.

Her dark hair, brown eyes, and fair skin may seem ordinary to others, but, no, not to Jamie.  He thinks that she is extraordinary. This is why he is scared out of his mind to talk to her.

It's not because she is super popular and surrounded by friends (she currently sits by herself under the shade of a tree copying notes from a gargantuan textbook while her hair shields the side of her face), it's not because she's mean (he once saw her apologize profusely for accidentally stepping on the back of someones shoe), it's because she's so beautiful that Jamie is intimidated. 

Jamie sits by himself, continuously watching her every movement, drinking his tea, and wondering how to get her attention.

Now there are many ways a person could get in their love interest's scrutiny like buying them flowers or surprising them with cute notes, but Jamie decides to go simple today and just start a conversation. He gets an extra boost of confidence from the sweet tea that he did not intend to be sweet but drank it anyway.

He walks over slowly, the confidence from his sugar rush fading.

Now, because poor Jamie is so distracted, he misses the loose branch unwinding from the ground and trips, sweet tea spilling all over his lover, Wren, in the process.

Scrambling to help her as quickly as possibly, Jamie rushes over but has a misstep and haphazardly falls over and rolls down the hill, eventually toppling into the pond.

Of course, Jamie was just trying to make her aware that he was available. He didn't mean to spill  his drink on her: he most definitely didn't mean to tumble down the hill afterwards. He just wanted to get her attention.

By the time Jamie looks up, drenched in pond water, Wren is gone.

Better luck next time, Jamie!