It was the only outright compliment I ever gave her in high school. At the time, I didn’t think it meant anything to her. She read it, crumpled it up, and rolled her eyes like she thought I was still just messing with her. But apparently, it meant more to her than I thought. Enough to smooth it back out and hold on to it all this time. And now I’m thinking maybe we won’t run out of time…maybe we’ll get it right this time.
