Jaime's version of events: It a warm and dusty late morning at California Military Institute. I remember walking into 5th Period English and the person in front of me was absolutely breath taking. Mind you, we had very unflattering Army uniforms. Still, I saw her eyes and I instantly thought to myself, "Holy fuck, she's beautiful." Nancy's version of events: I was walking up to my new school (not in the proper uniform) and I saw this tall guy laughing with this girl. I told myself, "I don't care who he's with, he will be mine". Fast forward to 5th period and I am standing at attention next to him, he then turns and tells me that my form is incorrect. Instant red flag and I decided he is not for me.

After a year and a half of awkward lunch dates and missed obvious signals, I (Jaime) decided that enough was enough. Today, he will ask out Nancy. We hung out every chance we could: in class, passing periods, break, and lunch. Before the final period of the day, I stopped Nancy and said the following: J: "Hey Nancy, do you want to go out?" To which Nancy suspiciously replied. N: "Like to the movies...?" J: "Ugh.. yeah" *blush N: "As boyfriend and girlfriend?" J (hesitantly and a little annoyed): "Yes." N: "...no." After a brief pause, Nancy hugged me but like a 'sorry bro hug' but a 'there's something going on hug'. I felt like that hug meant something and I thought to myself that this can't be all. We still hung out afterwards and Nancy would still flirt and actively search for me during lunch. I thought she wouldn't do this if she didn't like me. A few months passed, and abruptly, Nancy left school on a cloudy Friday morning. Her and her family stormed out of the school with the CEO of the school walking behind. I later found out that a teacher was verbally harassing Nancy and the school sided with the teacher. I was in shambles and was very distant for the rest of the day. During lunch, Nancy's friend Toni told me that the friend group was going to see Jack and the Giant Slyer after school to have one last hurrah before saying bye to Nancy. Obviously, I tried my best to convince my mother to go to the movie but you try to convince a Mexican mother of going out at a last minute request. I cried in my room and thought of what I can do since I won't be able to see Nancy one last time. Luckily, I was way more athletic back then and was in Cross Country. I told my ama that I was going to go on a run and will be right back. As I ran around the town, the sprinkling weather turned to rain and I was smacking every other signpost to get my frustration out of me. I ran to my school and remembered all the times I have spent trying to get Nancy to notice me. All the time I tried to gain the confidence to ask Nancy out again. I "ended up" at the movie theaters, but I remembered something. I am a jobless 14 year kid with no allowance. I asked the popcorn lady what time the movie would end. She said it'll be at least another hour. So, I waited outside. I thought, "What the fuck am I doing?" "Why am I still here?" "Do I really want my mom to kill me when I got home?" My body refused to move. After almost 2 hours of waiting outside in the cold rain, Toni opened the door and saw me waiting. I glanced and her but she went running inside. I stayed outside with my heart beating out of my chest. I took a step toward the door. Nancy's point of view of this day: *to be added later* Nancy walks out and see me. We run into each other's arm and she gave the same hug she gave me on November 16th. We slowly found out that we've dating each other since that day. Eventually, Nancy asked me the following: "Hey are you going to ask me out again?" "Nah, I'm going to wait for you to yes to a different question."

*Add later*