noah

second

the second thing I noticed about him

was that he was my age

which was exciting

because he was obviously a theater geek

and he looked too young to be sixteen

but too old to be thirteen. 

So the options were fourteen

Or fifteen

And I was hoping for the latter. 

then there was this exercise

so we could all get to know each other

and we had to get into groups

of people who were the same age.

and I got into the fifteen year old group

and at the last second

he joined us

and I couldn't help but smile again

because maybe we could be friends

although I had to admit he looked dateable

because of the way he was talking to his friend

just being a boy

being himself

and he was my age

and he was cute

and he was there

a theater geek like me

and I thought to myself

that maybe there was hope

for a girl like me

because he looked at me

be made eye contact

and he smiled at me.  

"what's your name?"

i completely forgot how to talk

but I snapped out of it

because it was useless to fall for him

and I replied,

"Christie." 

he stuck out his hand for me to shake

"Noah," he said. 

and I smiled. 

noah.