I was always really shy and up until college I think I had only asked out like one girl ever, who said no so I’d never had a girlfriend or been on a date or anything. For college I went to an engineering school where there hardly any girls. But this one time I had an electronics class in college and was this smoking hot girl in the class. When it came time for us to pick our lab partners I just walked over and sat next to her. She looked at me and smiled: it was settled, we’d be working together all term. I felt so lucky.

I wanted to ask her out or say something but I could never muster the courage. We worked together on various projects and labs and just sort of spent a lot of time together. She was a really nice girl, she smiled a lot. I think she had a boyfriend because I think I saw her holding hands with a guy once on campus. But we never talked about our personal lives, just class, so I was never sure. The class ended and we only talked once after that. I think she switched out of engineering.

This took place years ago but somethings I remember like it was yesterday. Probably because it was one of the happiest times in my life so I’ve been careful to keep these memories.