VAUGHN
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When she grabbed my hand, I lost all feeling in my body. All I felt was a numb tingling where her fingers interlocked with mine. Is this what love feels like? Is this what so many people long for and desire? Is this really what brings people together? We walked slowly towards the bar, my eyes still staring at her flowing locks.
"So, what do you want to drink?" She asked me when we reached the bar.
"I don't know, actually. H-how about you pick for me?"
She looked at me with a weird grin on her face and said, "Are you sure?"
Think, Vaughn, think! What would a cool guy say to a girl like her?
...
..!
"A girl as beautiful as you must have good taste, right?"
Nice save, man.
TEA
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I was utterly shocked.
Nobody has ever told me that I was pretty, much less beautiful, except for my friends, who I'm sure were joking. But for somebody like HIM to tell me that? After all this time that I've spent thinking that I wouldn't be good enough for somebody like him? What kind of witchcraft is this?
"U-uuh...."
"I-I'm sorry if I came off as a bit, you know...."
"Fast?" he said, his cheeks turning red.
"Umm... I guess?"
I turned back to the bartender and asked for two Shirley Temples, and turned back to face Vaughn.
"So, you find me.... Beautiful?" I asked him.
VAUGHN
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I did not have an answer to that question. Did I find her beautiful? Of course! But, how should I say it?
"I uhh.... Umm....."
"It's alright. You caught me off guard, I caught you off guard, I guess we're even now." She said whilst jokingly punching my arm.
"Y-yeah.... Let's go with that."
She handed me my drink and we sat down at the nearby table, watching our friends react to whatever had happened in that circle of doom. We sipped our drinks in silence, still regaining my composure from that question.
Silently, without me noticing, Tea lowered her head onto my shoulder and closed her eyes.
What in the name of Christ is happening oh my God somebody help me I wish I wasn't so torpe what do I do what do I d-
"Do you like me?"
Wow. Another bomb just dropeed.
Do I like her? Of course I do! Now, if only my lips would move.
"Y-yeah... Is that awkward?"
She sat up and said in a soft voice, "Yeah, kind of."
TEA
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I can't believe he actually just said that.
We just met a couple of hours ago, and we weren't even properly introduced until now, and he says that he likes me?
Kind of a shocker, isn't it?
I put down my drink, thanked him for the conversation, and walked back to my friends. I don't think he can see it, but my cheeks are turning a bright shade of red. Unfortunately, my friends can see it.
"Uuuyy, may crush na si Tea!"
"Di kaya, they just met. It's impossible!"
Gerochi overheard it, went over to us and said,"Deins, bro." and walked away. No idea why.
"He's just my friend, although I think he wants to be something more." I said hesitantly.
"Tea, you just met him. You can't have an SO that you just met! I mean, he looks great and all, but what if you don't like his personality? What if you don't have any common interests? What if-"
"Okay, okay, I get it. He's going to have to wait."
But that means I'll have to wait, too.
