“Where are you?” “I’m in the seats…in front of the stage. You?” “In the back. Can you come?” “I can’t leave my friends here.” “Too bad.” “I’ll see you when you get on stage though.” … “We have to go, it’s raining.” “You won’t watch us dance tonight?” “It’s raining.” “Next time, ok?” “Yeah sure. Next time.” I got up my seat, and put my phone in my pocket, thinking if there’s gonna be a next time. It was kind of hard to think at that moment because little droplets of rain were falling onto your face. I guess the whole outdoor stage only worked if you checked with your local weather man if it was going to rain that night or not, apparently, we don’t have any of those here, so the seats cleared out like that. When I looked back to the seats, they were almost half empty. The rain truly did its part that night…enough to have us stand in a spot almost six feet away from him and his crew. Goddamn rain was what I said as I looked up at the night sky. I felt the wind on my face as well as the rain that night. It was a reflex action when I looked over my shoulder. The first thing I saw was him, crouching down. Right then, I felt my heart race just a little because I didn’t know how to react and that that was the first time we really saw each other. I remember my eyes squinting a little, because I wanted to make sure who I was facing. I remember my hands went directly into my pockets because somehow, they went all clammy. I remember myself thinking about our age difference, that I was way, way younger than he was. I remember that I was thinking about the fact that he had a girlfriend and that I shouldn’t even be talking to him. But somehow, the universe was on my side that night because from out of nowhere, when there were no words to speak, enough to get us speechless on the spot, he smiled at me for the first time as if he knew me forever. I smiled back only because he did. No words, just pure gestures. No waving of hands for goodbye…just that. A simple smile and I kept mine up until I walked way, up until we reached the bus stop, up until I finally got home. When I got to bed that night, I knew then that he was going to mean something to me someday. I was right.
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Remember June?
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