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00:04Since childhood, I've seen what no one else can.
00:07Red threads above people's heads.
00:09When two people care about each other, a red thread ties them together.
00:13But the second they stop caring, it flickers.
00:15We're done.
00:16And then pop, it's gone.
00:18I had loved Graham Dale from high school through college.
00:21When Graham's team started falling behind.
00:23Nora should go over there and work her charm on number seven.
00:26His teammates joked that I should go charm number seven on the other team.
00:30Why not? Go flirt with him.
00:32So I carried a bottle of water to number seven on the other team.
00:39Later, the boy I gave that water to went on to Dallas Graham's team.
00:43And when our fingers brushed, a brand new red thread appeared between us.
00:49Nora, aren't you leaving yet?
00:52Leaving for where?
00:54Wait, Graham didn't tell you business is playing engineering in a friendly tonight?
00:57The other girls in our shared room looked over at the same time.
01:01At Halathan, just as in high school, there always seemed to be some pretty girl at his side.
01:07Why would he tell me?
01:08Aren't you too close?
01:09I thought he'd definitely ask you to come watch him play.
01:12When I confessed to Graham in high school.
01:15Nora, I don't date in high school.
01:18We'll talk about it after we get to college.
01:20I had waited.
01:21Then I got into illicit with him.
01:24At college, Graham was still surrounded by beautiful girls.
01:27He never called any of them his girlfriend.
01:30They were always just friends.
01:36Eventually, I understood that I was probably only one of those friends, too.
01:40Above my head, the thread to Graham that had once been the thickest had thinned to the point of breaking.
01:45Above his head, there were several, tangled together, and reaching in different directions toward girls I did not know.
01:51One of them ran to Sloan.
01:53Whenever I let myself hope he meant more than he said, the thread between us trembled, as if warning me
01:58to wake up.
02:00Slaylan watched me for a moment, then smiled with quiet satisfaction.
02:04Business and engineering scheduled a friendly.
02:06Come with me, Nora.
02:08We can go watch.
02:09I wanted to say no.
02:11The refusal reached my mouth and stopped there.
02:13Because Graham would be playing, I still wanted to go.
02:22Sloan walked ahead in her fitted jacket, already lifting a hand toward the College of Business dugout.
02:27Vail!
02:28Your little fan is here again.
02:30One of Graham's teammates spotted me first.
02:32Graham turned toward me.
02:34Why are you here?
02:36My chest dropped.
02:38Was I really that unwelcome?
02:40Scram, I asked Nora to come with me.
02:42You only invited one girl, and I didn't want to be bored.
02:44Her voice was soft and pampered, making their closeness impossible to miss.
02:48She had been invited by Graham.
02:50I had come without being asked.
02:52Above the bright bleachers, the red thread between Sloan and Graham glowed faintly as it swayed in the wind.
02:57Beside it, my red thread barely showed.
03:00Another gust might erase it.
03:03Sloan and I took seats in the front row of the bleachers, and the game started soon after.
03:08Graham!
03:10Sloan cheered loudly whenever Graham came to bat and made a play in the field.
03:13He looked toward our section more than once.
03:15Graham keeps looking at me.
03:17I'm worried I'm going to throw him off his game.
03:18I kept myself from rolling my eyes.
03:20Concern was unnecessary.
03:22Graham was not playing well enough for anyone in the stands to be the problem.
03:26Their infield turned everything cleanly.
03:29They were ahead of business in every way that mattered.
03:32After the third inning, the umpire called a short water break.
03:35Sloan hurried down to the business dugout with a bottle of water.
03:39Of course, she gave it to only one person.
03:41Graham took the bottle from her and drank.
03:43Before he did, he looked at me again.
03:46A few business players had begun talking about engineering's lineup.
03:50Number seven is unreal.
03:52Navarro, right?
03:54I heard he's still single.
03:56School has plenty of pretty girls.
03:57Set him up with one, and maybe he'll cut us some slack for a while.
04:01Someone noticed me.
04:03Send Nora.
04:05Are you stupid?
04:07Everybody knows Nora likes Vae.
04:08That makes it better.
04:09She can flirt with Navarro while still carrying a torch for our captain.
04:12Get him a girlfriend, and maybe he won't have all that energy left for the field.
04:18They laughed, building on one another until the joke turned rude,
04:21and every version of it was about me.
04:24Graham stood a few feet away and didn't stop them.
04:28Graham, what do you think?
04:30Is that a good idea?
04:31He sounded as though none of it mattered.
04:34Sure.
04:35Why not?
04:37The thin red thread that had tied me to him for years went completely still.
04:41For the first time in my life, the space above my head was empty.
04:46For one hot second, I was furious.
04:48Then Graham answered, and something inside me loosened instead.
04:51I smiled.
04:52Fine.
04:52I'll give it a try.
04:54I happen to think he looks good when he plays.
04:56Graham's expression changed.
04:57I took a bottle of water and crossed toward the engineering dugout.
05:01Eli Navarro was sitting on the bench during the water break,
05:03laughing with the players around him.
05:05Up close, I could finally see him clearly.
05:07He was not only good at baseball, he was unfairly good-looking, too.
05:11I tapped the middle of his back lightly with the bottle.
05:14Hi.
05:14Do you want some water?
05:15The conversation around him stopped.
05:17Several heads turned toward me.
05:19Heat rushed into my face.
05:20Well, damn.
05:21Another girl for Navarro to turn down.
05:23He cut himself off.
05:24Eli's mouth tipped up.
05:25He reached for my water.
05:26Our fingers brushed.
05:27The touch was warm enough that I pulled my hand back too quickly.
05:30And above us, a red thread I had never seen before rose from us at the same time,
05:34met in midair, and pulled pot with a quiet snap.
05:36Thin but bright, it was a fresh, clean red.
05:38My thread with Graham had never been that colored.
05:42Thanks.
05:44You're welcome.
05:47What?
05:49You bring me water, then go back to cheer for other guys?
05:51The umpire called the teams back onto the field.
05:54Eli headed for the field, leaving his spot behind.
05:57The player who had called to me grinned.
05:59Hey, come sit here.
06:01I'm Drew.
06:02What's your name?
06:02You're not in engineering, are you?
06:04You're the first girl who's brought Navarro water and had him take it.
06:07The first?
06:08For once, luck had spared me the extra humiliation of being rejected too.
06:12Doesn't he get tired?
06:13He's played every inning.
06:16Navarro?
06:17That guy could play a doubleheader and still run a 5K afterwards.
06:20His exaggeration made me laugh.
06:21Then the player everyone had just praised when his stamina came back.
06:24Drew.
06:25You take short next inning.
06:28Navarro, I'm tired.
06:31You look fine to me.
06:32You haven't stopped talking since you sat down.
06:34Go.
06:35Eli's dark hair was damp with sweat.
06:36He pushed it back with one hand, grabbed the towel from the bench, and sat beside me.
06:40What are you two talking about?
06:42You looked pretty happy.
06:43I blinked.
06:44He had been playing and still noticed that.
06:45Your eyesight is good.
06:46Before I could stop myself.
06:48Obviously.
06:49How else would I hit a pitch that well?
06:51The result of the friendly was never in doubt.
06:53When the teams lined up to shake hands, Graham looked furious.
06:56His gaze passed over the engineering players and landed on me.
06:59Are you coming back?
07:00Or do you like sitting over there that much?
07:01It was a friendly.
07:02He had lost one friendly.
07:03Did he have to sound so angry?
07:05I pressed my lips together, then looked at Eli.
07:07My friends are over there.
07:08I should go back.
07:09The moment I reached Sloan.
07:10Nora.
07:11Did you know Eli Navarro before today?
07:13No.
07:13I just met him.
07:15See?
07:16Nora's just one of those girls boys like.
07:18I can't compete with her.
07:19I frowned.
07:20The sweetness in her voice was sharp enough to cut.
07:22Graham suggested getting food after the game.
07:24We should get food after the game.
07:26Nora.
07:27I'm going with them.
07:28You can head back by yourself.
07:29Okay.
07:30I nodded.
07:31You're coming too.
07:33Sloan's expression changed.
07:34Once, I would have been thrilled to get an invitation from Graham.
07:37I couldn't sit there all night and watch him flirt with other girls.
07:40No.
07:41I'm tired.
07:42He acted as though he had not heard me.
07:43Don't you always want to try that new place you told me about?
07:45He acted as though he had not heard me.
07:47When it had opened, I had sent him the link and asked him to go with me.
07:51He had always been too busy.
07:52His time had belonged to his newer friends.
07:54That was a long time ago.
07:55I don't want to go anymore.
07:57After I showered, I lay in bed and scrolled through Instagram.
08:00Five minutes earlier, Graham had posted a photo of himself in Sloan.
08:03Lost the game.
08:04Won you.
08:05My finger stopped over the screen.
08:06For years, I had always checked to see whether the thread between Graham and me had gotten
08:11any thicker or brighter.
08:12There was nothing above me now, just the ceiling.
08:14Somewhere out there, one of the red threads above Graham's head was drifting quietly toward
08:18the girl in the photo.
08:21Girls, come eat!
08:22Sloan came back to the chapter house, carrying two bags of takeout.
08:27That place was so good.
08:28I wanted you to try it too.
08:29Graham paid.
08:30Our other roommates gathered around her at once.
08:33Graham really treats you differently.
08:34I saw his post.
08:36Are you too official now?
08:37She glanced at me before she smiled.
08:39Yeah.
08:40You caught us.
08:42When I did not move, Sloan came to the side of my bed.
08:44Nora, aren't you coming down for some?
08:47Thanks, but I already brushed my teeth.
08:49That's a shame.
08:50I picked it out specially.
08:52My phone buzzed.
08:53I had someone bring you food.
08:54Did you eat?
08:55That was always how Graham was.
08:56The day after he turned down my high school confession, he brought me my favorite breakfast
09:00and said he had gone out of his way to get it.
09:02One slap, one piece of candy.
09:04I kept telling myself he hadn't chosen me just because he'd avoided dating in high school.
09:08The girls around him weren't his fault.
09:10I was different, but Graham did not like me.
09:12He only thought losing me would be a waste.
09:14Nora, I told myself, it was time to wake up.
09:16The next day, I arrived early for film appreciation and found two messages waiting for me.
09:25The three of us shared that class.
09:27Somehow, I was the only one who still cared.
09:30Funny seeing you here.
09:31I looked up.
09:32Eli was standing beside the empty seat next to mine.
09:34Apparently, the engineering shortstop was in film appreciation too.
09:38I nodded.
09:38He sat down beside me.
09:40Thanks for the water yesterday.
09:41My stomach tightened.
09:42Please don't ask why I gave it to you.
09:43He didn't.
09:44He pulled out his phone instead.
09:46Let me get your number so you can save me a seat next time.
09:49The room was half empty.
09:50I looked around at all the open chairs.
09:52You seem capable of finding one.
09:54I'm picky.
09:55Before I could decide whether that was an Anna's W, when a dog filled the screen, I knew
09:59I was in trouble.
10:00Last time, I cried through the whole movie.
10:02The professor called on me because I was the only one paying attention.
10:05I dropped my gaze to my phone.
10:07You're not watching?
10:09Afraid you'll cry?
10:10How did he know?
10:13It's okay.
10:14You can cry.
10:16I came prepared.
10:17The red thread between Eli and me turned a shade darker.
10:20Do you come prepared to every class?
10:25Only the ones where someone might need me.
10:26The lecture hall door opened behind us.
10:29Every head turned.
10:31Nora.
10:33Sloan forgot her notebook.
10:34It's in your bag.
10:35For a second, no one moved.
10:36Then the whispers started.
10:38I knew that look.
10:39Graham wore it whenever something slipped beyond his control.
10:42Sloan's notebook isn't in my bag.
10:44Come outside.
10:45Why?
10:46Nora.
10:46She asked why.
10:47This isn't your business.
10:49You walked into a lecture hall in the middle of class.
10:51You made it everyone's business.
10:53The door opened again.
10:55Sloan came in with her bag over one shoulder.
10:58Clearly annoyed to find Graham there.
11:00What are you doing?
11:01Seriously, Nora?
11:03You brought him water yesterday?
11:04And now you're already sitting with him?
11:07Sloan.
11:08What?
11:09Not now.
11:10You skipped our plans to come here over this?
11:12I just want to talk.
11:14About what?
11:15Yesterday, your teammates made me a joke.
11:17They said whatever they wanted about me.
11:19You said,
11:20Sure.
11:21Why not?
11:21You could have stopped them.
11:23I didn't think you'd actually...
11:25Exactly.
11:26No red thread flickered above us.
11:28Ours had disappeared yesterday.
11:31The space above my head was empty.
11:33The professor cleared her throat.
11:36Mr. Vail,
11:37unless you have enrolled in this class,
11:39you need to leave.
11:41Graham looked at Eli once more.
11:43This isn't over.
11:45Graham left without another word.
11:47Sloan followed a moment later,
11:48and the door snapped shut behind her.
11:50I stared at the movie screen without seeing it.
11:53You okay?
11:54I will.
11:57When I came out,
11:58Eli was waiting by the railing outside the lecture hall,
12:00looking at his phone.
12:02You're still here?
12:04I was waiting for you.
12:05We had barely reached the service lane beside Greek Row,
12:08when an e-scooter shot around the corner.
12:12Eli caught my arm and pulled me against him.
12:14The rider swerved,
12:16overcorrected,
12:17and clipped Eli's knee before tearing away.
12:21Eli!
12:22You need urgent care.
12:24If I go,
12:25the doctor will probably tell me
12:26I almost healed before I got there.
12:28Sit.
12:29The tea shop was half a block back.
12:31I came out with two milk teas
12:32and a bag of ice.
12:34I thought you went to buy me an orange.
12:36Put this on your knee.
12:37It could swell.
12:38You're worried about my leg.
12:40You need it for baseball.
12:41The elimination rounds are coming.
12:44I sat beside him
12:45and pushed a straw into the second drink.
12:47I didn't know what flavor you liked,
12:49so I got what I like.
12:52Has anyone told you you're cute?
12:56Nora,
12:57I was really glad you brought me water yesterday.
13:00Come cheer for me at the next game.
13:02She won't.
13:04He stood a few feet away
13:06with Sloane beside him.
13:08She looked at the ice on Eli's knee,
13:09then the milk tea in his hand,
13:11then at me,
13:12sitting close enough
13:14that our knees nearly touched.
13:16What happened?
13:18An e-scooter hit him.
13:20So you just ran off with him?
13:22After everything yesterday?
13:24I didn't run off.
13:26He got hurt protecting me.
13:28You should have called me.
13:30Why?
13:32So you could send her to another dugout?
13:34Graham's face hardened.
13:36Stay out of this, Navarro.
13:37No, not when you're talking to her
13:40like she belongs to you.
13:42Graham, are you really letting him
13:43talk to you like that because of her?
13:45Not now, Sloane.
13:48She went still.
13:49Graham reached for my wrist.
13:50I stepped back before he could touch me.
13:54Don't.
13:54The anger left his face.
13:56For a second, he just looked lost.
13:59Eli came to stand beside me
14:00and said nothing.
14:02Graham glanced down
14:03at our shadows on the pavement.
14:05Fine.
14:06But don't come to the next game
14:07wearing his colors.
14:08Above us,
14:09the red tread between Eli and me
14:11pulled tight.
14:14Eli sent me a screenshot
14:15of the College Cup schedule.
14:17I stared at it longer than I meant to.
14:19He had waited after class,
14:21walked me home,
14:22and asked me to come to his next game.
14:24Was that too much to read into?
14:26He could not possibly like me.
14:28We had known each other for days.
14:30He was probably just nice.
14:31That night,
14:33Eli asked me to play
14:34an online game with him.
14:35Cue with me.
14:36My aim is in Stain.
14:37Shouldn't you be practicing?
14:39Your game is coming up.
14:40Work-life balance.
14:42Besides, playing business easy.
14:44I hate people who brag.
14:45So?
14:46You in?
14:47Fine, Grandpa.
14:48He carried the whole match
14:49while I mostly stayed alive
14:51and tried not to embarrass myself.
14:53Slane came in
14:54just as the round ended.
14:56Without asking,
14:57she pulled one side
14:57of my headphones off.
14:58What are you doing?
15:00Did you delete Graham?
15:02Yeah.
15:02Why?
15:04Nora,
15:05are you upset
15:07because Graham and I are together?
15:08I know you've liked him forever,
15:10but it isn't your fault
15:12he doesn't like you.
15:13You don't need to do this.
15:15I looked at the time
15:15and cut her off.
15:17Do you have nothing better to do?
15:19You're home early.
15:21Did Graham have somewhere else
15:22to be after your date?
15:24What are you talking about?
15:25Apparently,
15:26I had hit a nerve.
15:27You're jealous of me.
15:29Don't pretend you aren't.
15:30Before I could answer,
15:31Nora,
15:32is everything okay over there?
15:34I had forgotten
15:34the game chat was still open.
15:36Looks like you traded
15:37Graham for Navarro.
15:38Did he know business
15:39sent you to flirt with him,
15:41hoping he'd go easy on them?
15:42Stop talking.
15:44I quit the game and stood.
15:45Did I say anything untrue?
15:47I opened a video
15:48from another business student's story
15:49and held the screen out to her.
15:51In it,
15:51Graham was singing karaoke
15:52with another girl.
15:53Maybe worry about Graham.
15:54Your boyfriend looks like
15:55he's about to get himself
15:56a new girlfriend.
15:57She stared at the screen.
15:59Her face changed at once.
16:00Who said I had to let her
16:01make me miserable alone?
16:04Slalom stormed onto the balcony
16:05to call Graham.
16:07When the room was quiet again,
16:08I opened my chat with Eli.
16:10I typed,
16:11deleted,
16:11and typed again.
16:12I wanted to explain.
16:14I just did not know how.
16:16Then his message appeared.
16:18Nora,
16:18are you writing a dissertation
16:19in my chat box?
16:21I forced myself
16:22to send the truth.
16:24I'm sorry.
16:26During the friendly,
16:27business made a joke
16:27about you and me.
16:29That was why
16:29I brought you water.
16:31But,
16:31I wasn't trying to get you
16:33to take it easy on them.
16:34I wanted you to beat them.
16:36Eli replied almost immediately.
16:38Then I should thank them.
16:40For what?
16:41For giving me a chance
16:42to meet you.
16:43I stared at the message
16:44for a full minute.
16:45Then I typed,
16:47Eli,
16:48do you like me?
16:49My thumb hovered over send.
16:51Finally,
16:51I pressed it.
16:53I regretted it at once.
16:55What if I ruined
16:56even a friendship
16:57that had barely begun?
17:00I wanted you to hear this
17:02from me.
17:02He said,
17:04Yes, Nora.
17:05I like you.
17:06It was real.
17:08After the first shock,
17:10something small and bright
17:11rose inside me.
17:13Like a bobber,
17:14lifting on still water.
17:16The College Cup
17:17elimination game
17:17arrived quickly.
17:19Engineering was assigned
17:21the inner field.
17:22As I passed the business bleachers,
17:24carrying a bag of sports drinks,
17:26Sloan laughed.
17:27Some people really will do
17:28anything to be noticed.
17:30You'd think she was
17:30the team manager.
17:32Seriously.
17:32Buy all that stuff
17:33and Graham still won't look at her.
17:35Not like he looks at you, Sloan.
17:37Nora,
17:38back to see Vale again?
17:39The business team looked over.
17:41Graham glanced at the bag
17:42in my hand.
17:43Pointless.
17:44What did you buy?
17:45If Vale won't drink it,
17:47we will.
17:47Two players stepped closer.
17:50Don't waste a good gesture.
17:51I had not said any of it
17:53was for them.
17:54Before I could answer,
17:55someone said my name.
17:56Eli came toward me quickly.
17:58He took the bag from my hand,
17:59then gently closed
18:00his other hand
18:00around my wrist.
18:01He smiled at Graham
18:02and the others.
18:03My girl.
18:04I'm taking her with me.
18:06He led me toward
18:07the engineering dugout.
18:09Whispers followed us
18:10from the first row.
18:11Eli's teammates grinned
18:12when they saw us.
18:15I thought you'd have water,
18:17so I brought
18:18sports drinks for everyone.
18:20That bag is heavy.
18:23Hey!
18:24Hey!
18:24I asked you to bring water
18:26for me,
18:26not become the whole team's manager.
18:30Hey!
18:31Hey!
18:33Hey!
18:34Hey!
18:34Hey!
18:35Hey!
18:36Hey!
18:37I found the water
18:37he had just swallowed.
18:38The dugout looked silent
18:39as everyone tried
18:40not to laugh.
18:42Ellie's face turned red.
18:45I frowned.
18:46What?
18:47I mean,
18:48the bottle's bigger.
18:49As the teams took the field,
18:50Eli turned and called toward me.
18:53Nora,
18:54watch this.
18:55I'm going to destroy them.
18:56The engineering glitches erupted.
18:58My heart skipped,
18:58then began to pound.
18:59Business came after Eli hard.
19:01Graham shifted toward him
19:02whenever he could,
19:03and every at-bat
19:04brought another attempt
19:04to get him out.
19:05Ellie stayed calm.
19:06When they pitched around him,
19:08he took the walk.
19:08When they gave him something to hit,
19:10he drove it to the outfield.
19:11Engineering kept scoring.
19:12Business only got more desperate.
19:13Their errors multiplied,
19:14and Graham was charged
19:15with a costly fielding error
19:17in the six.
19:17Ely's final hit
19:18dropped just inside the foul line.
19:20The last out followed,
19:21and engineering won.
19:22During the handshake line,
19:23Eli said something
19:24to the business players
19:25that made Graham
19:26slam his water bottle
19:27against the fence.
19:29What did you say?
19:30When Eli reached me,
19:31he leaned close.
19:32I told him I already took it easy
19:34because my girlfriend told me to.
19:35Otherwise,
19:36they would have lost even worse.
19:38That was brutal.
19:39I had not told him
19:39to take it easy,
19:40and I was not even
19:41his girlfriend yet.
19:42You're getting very good
19:42at making things up.
19:43They picked on you.
19:44He looked genuinely offended
19:46on my behalf.
19:46They deserved it.
19:48You're such a child.
19:50Hey.
19:50He tipped his head toward me,
19:51eyes bright.
19:52You still haven't told me
19:53whether I played well today?
19:56I laughed
19:57and put a towel
19:58over his damp hair.
20:00Eli Navarro,
20:01you were incredible today.
20:03Eli's team insisted on celebrating
20:05and insisted I come.
20:06Those drinks won us the game.
20:08Yeah.
20:09Navarro was practically superhuman
20:11after Nora showed up.
20:12Their excuses were terrible,
20:14but they were trying
20:14to make me feel welcome.
20:16If you want to come,
20:17come with us.
20:18There's a new barbecue place
20:19near campus.
20:20If you're tired,
20:21I'll take you home.
20:23I'll go.
20:24I was hungry too.
20:25The restaurant was packed,
20:27so we took a table outside.
20:28Business players passed by
20:29in their uniforms.
20:30Look who it is.
20:31Our favorite losers.
20:35One of them looked at me.
20:37Nora, you move fast.
20:39Eli's expression darkened.
20:42Watch your mouth.
20:44You already lost enough today.
20:45The guy shut up.
20:46Our food arrived.
20:48I reached for a sausage
20:49and ignored them.
20:50Nearby, Sloan tugged
20:51at Graham's sleeve.
20:52I don't want this.
20:53It's cheap,
20:53it's dirty,
20:54and it looks gross.
20:55The owner's face fell.
20:57It's good.
20:57Could we get the eggplant
20:58a little softer, please?
20:59The owner brightened.
21:00Absolutely.
21:01You'll love it.
21:02Ellie smiled,
21:03then refilled my cup.
21:05Careful, it's hot.
21:06Graham shook off Sloan's hand
21:07and took a table beside ours.
21:09We're eating here.
21:10I'm paying.
21:11Sloan followed him anyway.
21:13During dinner,
21:14Drew suddenly pointed at me.
21:15Wait.
21:16I knew you looked familiar.
21:17We have that film class together.
21:18Film.
21:18Film.
21:19Film appreciation.
21:20Right.
21:21No wonder Navarro goes
21:23even when nobody checks attendance.
21:24Eli stuffed a chicken tender
21:25into Drew's mouth.
21:26Eat.
21:27Then he set a small plate
21:28of peeled shrimp in front of me.
21:30I stared at him.
21:32Don't worry.
21:33Clean hands.
21:34I wore gloves.
21:36That was not what I had been worried about.
21:38Graham came over then.
21:39Nora,
21:40I'll take you home when this is over.
21:42I don't like you being around these guys.
21:43Your parents would worry too.
21:45Drew pointed to his own chest.
21:47Are we the suspicious guys?
21:48Eli tipped his chin toward Graham.
21:50Can you even get her home?
21:51I finally swallowed the piece of food in my mouth
21:53and looked at Graham
21:53as if he had lost his mind.
21:55Graham,
21:55are you sick?
21:57It's 8.30.
21:58I'm eating near campus with friends.
22:00What exactly would my parents worry about
22:01that I'll gain weight?
22:05Graham's table left in a hurry.
22:07Sloan gave me one last hard look
22:09on the way out.
22:09When we were ready to go,
22:11Drew slapped his forehead.
22:12I need shampoo.
22:14I need toothpaste.
22:15We're out of water.
22:17Their excuse was terrible.
22:18Every item they needed
22:19was at the campus store on the way back.
22:21Soon Eli and I were walking alone.
22:23Why do you like me?
22:24Is it only because I brought you water?
22:26He stopped.
22:29The first time I saw you in film class,
22:31you were crying at a movie.
22:32Your eyes were red
22:33and you looked like a rabbit
22:35trying not to be seen.
22:36Then the professor called on you
22:37and you looked even more like a rabbit.
22:39I thought that was cute.
22:40You said the dog in the movie was cute.
22:42I thought you were cuter.
22:44My face warm.
22:46After that,
22:47I saw you at the field a few times.
22:49Every time you came,
22:50I played harder.
22:50Then I realized you were there
22:52to watch somebody else.
22:53Your taste was terrible, by the way.
22:54Nobody on business was worth looking at.
22:56I laughed.
22:58So when you brought me water at the friendly,
23:01I thought my chance had finally come.
23:02His eyes were dark in the streetlight
23:04and his cheeks were faintly pink.
23:07Eli, you're blushing.
23:10I'm not.
23:11It's the wind.
23:15Sure.
23:16Whatever you say.
23:21Eli walked me back
23:22to the Kappa Rho Sigma house.
23:24I was in such a good mood
23:25that the stairs did not feel like anything.
23:27Until Graham called.
23:32Nora, come down.
23:33The old command in his voice made me tired.
23:35I'm busy.
23:37If you don't come down,
23:38I'll stand outside
23:38and call your name until you do.
23:42So I went.
23:44The second I reached the front walk,
23:45Graham seized my wrist
23:46and pulled me aside.
23:48Let go of me.
23:49He held tighter
23:49until we were out of sight of the house.
23:52Are you with Eli now?
23:54You deleted me
23:54and got close to him on purpose.
23:56You wanted to make me jealous.
23:58I laughed, furious.
24:01Do you think everyone thinks the way you does?
24:04His voice softened.
24:05Fine.
24:06You got what you wanted.
24:07Let's be together.
24:09For a moment,
24:09I thought I had heard him wrong.
24:11What about Sloane?
24:12What does she have to do with it?
24:13That post was from a truth or dare game.
24:15It meant nothing.
24:15With one careless sentence,
24:17he tried to erase everything
24:18he had let hurt me.
24:19He stepped closer.
24:20Nora,
24:20isn't this what you wanted all these years?
24:22I can give it to you now.
24:23He sounded as if he were offering charity.
24:26But, Graham,
24:27I really don't like you anymore.
24:29His face changed.
24:31Because of Eli?
24:33You've known him for days.
24:34What do you even know about him?
24:36What does the length of time
24:37have to do with it?
24:38We've known each other for years
24:39and only now have I seen you clearly.
24:41I had first liked Graham
24:42because he had stood up to boys
24:43who were bothering someone in high school.
24:45But when your teammates made me into a joke,
24:47you should have defended me.
24:49Even as a friend,
24:50you should have defended me.
24:52You didn't.
24:53The place above our heads
24:54where our shared red thread
24:55had once been remained empty.
24:57A man who doesn't respect women
24:59isn't someone I can love.
25:03When I left,
25:04Graham was still standing
25:04where I had left him.
25:05He looked hurt.
25:06I felt lighter than I had in years.
25:08Letting go of someone
25:09could take forever.
25:10It could also happen in an instant.
25:12My phone held several messages from Eli.
25:14I'm back.
25:15Why aren't you answering?
25:17Did you disappear on the stairs?
25:20What does that mean?
25:21Ellie?
25:23Here.
25:24I sent him a photo of the restaurant
25:25Graham had always been too busy
25:26to try with me.
25:27This place looks so good.
25:29Ellie answered it once.
25:30Then let's go Saturday.
25:31Just us.
25:32Okay.
25:32Someone who liked you
25:33gave you the answer
25:34you had been waiting for.
25:35Saturday was going to be beautiful.
25:37I was going to be okay.
25:38So was he.
25:39I had a feeling Eli
25:40was about to make something official.
25:42The confession videos he liked
25:43kept appearing in my feed.
25:44He had also asked,
25:45very casually,
25:46what flowers I liked.
25:47I was excited.
25:48I was nervous.
25:49I started putting on makeup
25:50whenever we went out.
25:51Just in case.
25:52It still caught me off guard.
25:54During our evening film class,
25:55Eli texted that he had something to do
25:57and asked me to mark him present.
25:59The film was Pride and Prejudice.
26:01When Darcy stepped out of the morning mist,
26:03every light in the classroom went dark.
26:05When they came back on,
26:06Eli was walking toward me
26:07with a bouquet of pink peonies.
26:09He knelt beside my seat,
26:11his eyes bright.
26:12I spent a long time
26:13thinking about how to ask you.
26:16In the end,
26:17I chose the classroom
26:17where I first saw you
26:19with a movie you love in front of us.
26:22Nora,
26:23you already know I like you.
26:25Now I want you to know
26:26that I want to be with you.
26:27Someone could come towards you
26:28carrying nothing but love and sincerity,
26:30one step at a time.
26:32Okay?
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