I must have looked ridiculous to Maile when she passed me by while I was on my way, walking, to the library. My eyes were rolling around in their sockets. I was observing color through the corner of my eye and she startled me with, “Hey Jeff!” She did that on purpose! She must have known I was in my own world because she had a smile on her face that read something like “This guy is such a dork, I would never court him or ask him to Sadies.”
So I lowered my head, turned up the volume to my headphones and sobbed.