But then, she enraptured me. She spoke in a way that made me anxious to hear what she’d come up with next. She had such a special way of seeing the world. I couldn’t take her up on her offer as much as I wanted to. I wasn’t content to only have her for a night or a few weeks while she was passing through town. If only I didn’t feel things so deeply, if only I was able to take things in stride like everybody else seemed to. But now, having kissed her and spent time with her, my meeting Claire felt monumental and crucial. Everything I thought I wanted and knew had changed.
