Blink And You'd Miss

As I sat down to read "The Art of Seduction", a figure walked passed infront of me and started to browse the books along the shelves where I sat. Not wanting to be a hindrance, I decided to shift to a corner.

Just as I stood up, a female voice responded, "That's a nice book you're reading." I looked at the girl, dumbstruck, my eyes opened wide, heart racing. Taken by surprise, I stammered, nearly lost for words.

"Er yeah.." I replied as I looked at her. She seemed slightly taller than me, long hair, oval shaped face, books in her arms, brown handbag, dressed in a white blouse, silver grey dress and black heels.

"Oh, I'm sorry." She apologised.

"Uh, no no it okay. It fine." I replied, completely amused.

"Are you a pyschology student?" She asked.

"Oh, uh no I just got interested in these kind of stuff." I replied, my eyes staring elsewhere, embarassed and guilty.

"Oh, I see." She said.

Not knowing whether to continue the conversation, I simply smiled, sat down and opened up the book. Probably not a good time to make friends, I thought.

Moments passed and no respond, all of a sudden I started hoping for her to throw the ball back at me. I hesitated, desperately searching for a line while glancing to the side, distracted by her presence.

After a while, she walked away leaving me to my own. I never took my eyes off her as she proceeded to the next shelf infront. I was strangely excited, like a kid who has never talked to a girl in his life. Still, I couldn't think of anything to begin a conversation without her wondering if I've made her my first target. Besides, she found me reading "The Art of Seduction", so what excuses would I have?

The next moment, just as I finally picked up courage to do something insane, the girl simply disappeared. F**k!! For the next twenty minutes or so I paced up and down the whole library, hoping to catch sight of her but she was nowhere to be found. F**k! Just way da' go tiger! I thought to myself, how many times in your life would you ever have a stranger opening a line like that? In the goddamn library? It was definitely my first. She was brave and that attracted me. I hesitated, I always hesitate, I always had doubts. URRGGHHH!!! Dumb-asssssss!

For the whole evening, I just wanted to smack myself across the face and send my head pummeling to the wall. After this experience, I began to realise that sometimes in life there are people who hit you like a meteor, leaving you with a large crater. Then there are times, (and possibly once in a lifetime) when someone passes you by like a falling star. Blink and you'd miss.