Exclamation Mark

He looked down, but his vision was obscured and hazy. It was a dark and gloomy night, so he didn't expect to see anything. She'd asked him to be there after sunset, albeit reluctantly, but she wasn't here herself.
Of course, he thought. She wasn't the type to show herself, the mystery girl. She was the type to hide her face beneath huge hats and glasses. She was the type to hide her body beneath oversized sweaters and baggy jeans. He didn't even know the color of her eyes.
He'd never actually seen her.
It bothered him.
So here he was, on the edge of the precipice of their hilly neighborhood's tallest cliff, waiting for her to finally show herself.
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Duke was a senior in high school, still mourning over the loss of his beloved Violet.
It wasn't easy to move on after all.
Once, he was the wildest, loudest, funniest guy in Hillside High, but after the accident, he was a shell of himself.
Until her.
His mystery girl.
Her name literally meant an illusion, but that was never how Duke felt. She was the first person who registered in Duke's lost brain.
She was the one who led him to his exclamation mark again.