FIRST FRIDAY: Delaney! Iyer! Lovely!

It's First Friday! The day three talented authors give their take on
a single photo in 150 words or less.

DELANEY



  The shoes called me
through the store window, whispering my sister’s party was tonight, reminding
me of that cute guy who never noticed me. I didn’t stand out at parties, and he
always looked over my head, not down at me. I wanted him to notice me. What did
I have to lose if