Confidence

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Storm

I finally work up the nerve to say hi. It took every fiber of energy for me to greet her, leaving me breathless.

I love the way her hair shines and her eyes glow outside in the sun.

"Hi",she replies looking down at her feet.

"So, um, how've you been Onyx?"
My words stumble out.

She blushes slightly. Barely noticeable, but I noticed.

Like I notice the way she's obsessed with neatness. She would reorganize the positions that her supplies were lying on her desk. She'd move her pen to the right, the north, left, and then back in its original position.

I notice the way her clothes are always styled to perfection as if she spends all night long pondering on what to wear to school the next day.

And I notice the way she smiles whenever she answers a question correctly in class and when she aces a test.

She's just beautiful in every way.

I wonder how long it will take me to get over her...

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