Do you ever feel like you've lost something, when there is a brief interaction with another being but no followthrough?
Like the time you open the door for a girl, and your eyes lock as she smiles appreciatively. Perhaps it was a trick of the mind, but things pause, things hold. You both share a moment, and then it passes fleetingly. She never reappears in your life.
But what would've happened if you somehow reached out more? Complimented her choice of accessories perhaps, leading to a conversation about the item, a phone number, a lunch together, a date, one unforgettable night, a ring, a child, a lifetime of adventures.
No one will ever know.
Most people would think that far-fetched, but it's happened before.
A girl, a message, a photo shoot out together, a failed attempt at a kiss. A week later, the girl rode her bike across the city in the dead of the night to tell the boy how much she cared about him. The week after that, the boy drove terribly far to tell her how crazy he was of her. Arguments, tears, and many weeks, months, years pass. Now they are the best of friends.
It all began with a message the girl sent to the boy. She was a stranger, just reaching out to someone who she stumbled upon through a connection.
It can happen, it has, and I'd hate to miss another one.
