Girlfriend
"Do you want to be my girlfriend?" he asked. "Just like that?" She was sitting on the edge of a counter, chewing gum. "Yeah I guess so," he said. "Is this okay? I mean—" "Yeah, it's fine," she said, reddening and looking away. "I've just never had someone come out and ask like that." "Okay cool," he said, heart racing. "Can I get your number then?" She gave him her number. "I'll text you." "Okay great." He texted her after class the next day. "Want to hangout?" "Lol, sure. See you at The Point." They met up at The Point, a meeting place where the boys' and girls' college dorms converged. "I want to take you to my favorite spot," she said. They walked behind the campus, ducked under some barbed wire and sat on a sand dune. "Are we allowed back here?" he asked. "Nope," she said, grinning. He grinned back. "But...