Blue-Eyed Boy

The Party

"Hey, glad you made it!" Jess says.

"Glad I came," you smile weakly.

"Is everything alright?" she asks.

You don't reply for a few seconds because you are completely spaced out. "Sorry, what? Oh, yeah, everything's fine!" you tell her.

"I'm always here to talk to, you know that. Don't you, Katie?"

"Thanks, but I'm fine!" you reassure.

You weren't fine. You were the total opposite of fine. You couldn't tell Jess that. You could barely even tell yourself that.

Like Jess promised, there were quite a few cute, single boys at the party, but none of them attracted you. Your mind was otherwise occupied.

Then you saw this boy. He had thick brown hair and bright blue eyes. He caught your eye. You couldn't stop looking at him. He saw you staring at him a few times. Then he came over. "Oh, gosh! What do I do?" you squeal to Jess.

"Just be confident!" she tells you. Then she walks away and leaves you two to mingle.

"Hey." he says. "I saw you staring at me earlier."

"Yeah," you giggle. "I'm really sorry about that."

"Don't worry about it," he smiles. "I would've done the same to you. Anyway, nice to meet you. My name's Hayes. What's yours?"

"Katie." you reply.