AMANI&ROSE&.&.&.&& / Ryan/Hassell/ Senior/ Southampton,/Bermuda/ / / Have"you"ever"been"in"love?""It"is"probably"the"best"feeling"you" will" ever" have." " The" feeling" of" having" someone" there" to" always" care" about"you"and"make"you"feel"like"you"are"the"most"important"person"in" the"world.""Your"soul"mate.""The"one"you"see"in"your"future.""The"one"you" cannot" picture" your" life" without."" Love"is"all"fine"and"dandy" Yeah," I" can" be" deep." " You" probably" pictured" me" looking" until"you"do"something" lovingly" into" the" distance" while" I" stupid"and"lose"a"person" wrote" that" and" then" snapping" you"actually"care"about."" back" into" reality" like" in" one" of" those" cheesy" romantic" movies" That"is"when"the"power"of" when" the" main" character" is" love"gets"real."" describing" her" crush." " I" know."" Love" is" all" fine" and" dandy" until" you" do" something" stupid" and" lose" a" person"you"actually"care"about.""That"is"when"the"power"of"love"gets"real."" I"had"my"eyes"fixed"on"her"in"computer"technology"class.""I"saw" the" way" she" smiled," and" I" admired" the" way" she" laughed." " I" was" love" struck.""It"was"so"cliché"the"way"I"was"imagining"being"with"her,"and"my" friend" had" to" wave" his" hand" in" front" of" my" face" to" pull" me" from" my" daydream." “What"are"you"thinking"about?”"he"asked." “Bro,"do"you"see"her?”" “See"who?”" “That" girl" right" there" with" the" glasses." I" don’t" know" her" name," but"I"would"sure"like"to.”" “We"will"catch"her"after"class"if"you’re"up"for"it.”" “Definitely!”" I" said," breaking" eye" contact" with" him" and" looking" right"back"at"her."" Class"went"by"so"slowly,"but"deep"down"I"didn’t"actually"want"it" to"end.""I"was"so"scared"to"talk"to"her.""Anyway,"to"speed"this"boring"love" story" up," I" can" just" tell" you" that" I" eventually" spoke" to" her" and" got" her" number."" Being"a"male"and"all,"my"ego"was"standing"taller"than"me.""You"
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