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charm to win her over. “ By the way, did you have fun hanging out with your boy toy, Ronald? ”<br />
I'm trying to find out if they're <strong>really</strong> going out or not.<br />
“ It was okay. Ronald's parents are good friends with mine. He's been asking me out for<br />
the longest time, but I <strong>do</strong>n't like him. My parents cajoled me into hanging out with him for the<br />
weekend since he knows a lot of people at Stanford Medical. I'm hoping to <strong>get</strong> in after I<br />
graduate here. ” This is exactly what I want to hear: “ I <strong>do</strong>n't like him. ”<br />
“ So you two aren't going out? ” I ask with a little too much excitement, hoping she<br />
wouldn't pick up on this.<br />
“ Would you like it if we were going out? ”<br />
“ I would like it if Ronald and I were going out, ” I joke, catching her off guard.<br />
“ Oh <strong>really</strong>?! <strong>Why</strong> <strong>do</strong>n't I arrange a date between the two of you? It would be my<br />
absolute pleasure, ” Emilie exclaims, displaying her good sense of humor. I like a girl with a<br />
good sense of humor.<br />
“ Then it would be my absolute pleasure never to talk to you again, ” I counter. We both<br />
laugh out loud, attracting several stares from those around us. Luckily, class hasn't started yet<br />
or else we'd both be asked to leave.<br />
Much to my surprise, Emilie tilts her head slightly and closer towards me, her eyes<br />
locking with mine. I can sense that she's about to ask me something important. “ So Johnson,<br />
how come we've been in the same classes since middle school, yet, this is the first time we're<br />
actually talking? ” Her question catches me off guard, since I had no idea that she even knew<br />
that I existed all the way back in middle school. Hell, I didn't even know I existed all the way<br />
back in middle school.<br />
remark.<br />
“ I'm shy because girls find it endearing, ” I say to play it off. Emilie starts laughing at my<br />
“ Well, endearing or not, we should talk more, ” Emilie says. I can't believe it! Things are<br />
<strong>really</strong> starting to look good for me!<br />
After two hours of torture— I mean lecture— class is finally over. It's now or never so I work up<br />
enough courage to ask Emilie for her number. She grabs my left wrist, forming a tight grip as if<br />
she's afraid that I'll escape and writes her phone number with her Hello Kitty pen, in big loopy
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