Made in Romania

Hanging out

     The fro-yo place is not entirely full, but it's pretty packed. Lucas and I get our yogurt, pay and we sit in a booth, one with very few people around. We start talking and he tells me how he is interested in football, swimming, dancing, and very many other things, dancing is the one that sticks.
   "So like, what type of dancing do you do?"
   "I dance to pretty much everything and anything that has a rhythm or a beat."
   "That's so cool, I dance too, not professionally or anything, I just do."
   "You'll have to show me your moves one of these days," he says and smiles.
   "I'll show you mine if you show me yours," I wink, and we laugh.
   "By the way, I like what you did with your hair, you look good" he says, smiling politely at me.
   "Well you don't look too bad yourself" I smile.
      The rest of the time in the yogurt place we talk about our interests, our passions, what we want In life, our families, and other things. We decide that we didn't have nearly enough time, so we decide to go to a park nearby and talk. We do the same, talk about pretty much everything, our childhood, life, friends, and relationships.
   "I've never dated any good people" I say and he looks confused. "I mean, I've never dated anyone worth remembering, anytime I believed I had a strong relationship with someone, someone else came along, or something happened, I guess it just wasn't meant to be" I say, and he gives me a sorry smile. "No don't, I don't want you to feel bad for me, everything that's happened has led me to be the person I am now, and I like that." He smiles.
   "Well I haven't necessarily been lucky either, I've only been in love once, but her feelings weren't as strong, and it didn't work out, I guess it was for the best."
   "You're a great person, as far as I know, and whoever would pass up a chance to be with you, is simply an idiot," I say and he smiles. We continue to talk about happier better things, and time flys by. By the time I look at my phone it's 9:45 p.m. We leave the park and he takes me back to campus, where he proceeds to walk me to my dorm.
   "I had a great time today" he says.
   "So did I" I smile. In that moment he slowly leans in to kiss me, and i panicked, not that I've never kissed anyone before, because I certainly have, but I just panicked so I turn my face, and he kisses my cheek. He looks confused. I kiss his cheek and nervously say, "Goodnight Lucas, see you tomorrow." I open the door to my dorm and quickly shut it behind me. What did I just do, why did I just turn my face. I wanted him to kiss me. I want him to kiss me. I quickly take a shower, change into more comfortable clothes, and go to bed. I tossed and turned, not being able to take Lucas off of my mind, until I finally drifted off to sleep, imagining his lips on mine.