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amazing eyes.
        We’re locked into another moment. It’s as if our bodies are on a wavelength all their own. My stomach has bottomed out and tingles run up and down my body like I’m falling from a great height. Ace seems to feel it too, and the smile falls from his lips as he starts to lean forward. We’re mere inches apart when someone barges in the door.
        “Hey Slut! Sorry I’m late, you wouldn’t believe the kinds of questions the professor had on that horrid paper he calls a test!” Sara says as she’s shuffling through the recent pile of mail. “I totally failed. I wonder if he’ll let me retake-” Her words come to a halt as she looks up and she almost drops the papers she’s carrying. “Holy shit.”
        “Sara, impeccable timing.” I let out the breath that I had apparently been holding and back away from Ace.
        “Mel… That’s… He’s… Oh my God.” The whole time I’ve known Sara I have never witnessed her speechless, and in this moment she is completely speechless. It’s actually pretty entertaining.
        “Hon, close your mouth, you’re drooling,” I joke.
        She snaps her mouth shut and shakes her head as if she’s trying to restart her brain process.
        “I’m so sorry, how rude of me. Hi, I’m Sara and you are Ace freaking Caplin.” She reaches over to shake his hand.
        “Nice to meet you Sara. My brother talks about you all the time. He said there was room to fit me in this morning?”
        A mask of confusion covers her face. “Brother? Wait a second… Nate is your brother? Holy shit.” She plops down onto the office chair behind the desk, obviously needing a moment to gather herself.
        “Sorry, I thought he told you? He said he scheduled an appointment for me…” He brings his hand to the back of his neck and rubs it in a nervous gesture.
        “He did, he just failed to mention who is brother is,” she replies with a hint of bitterness. I can tell Nate will be getting an earful from Sara the second Ace walks out of here.
        “Well, now that you’re here I guess I should be going…” I say. I walk over to the desk to grab my purse.
        I say my goodbyes to Sara and look over at Ace who is staring intently at me. My heart speeds up. I don’t think I could speak even if I tried. I settle for a little wave, a nervous smile, and begin to head toward the exit.
        I can’t believe I acted like such a crazy person. I know I’m an awkward mess but that was a new level of craziness, even for me.
        I’m about to get in my car when I hear my name being called. I look back and see Ace running toward me. He stops a couple of feet away.
        “Wait, how do you know my name?” I ask curiously.
        He smiles. “From your friend.”
        “Okay...” I’m not really sure what he needed to chase after me for, but my words are limited around him. My mind turns to a jumbled mess, and I can barely tell left from right.
        He has his left hand in his pocket and is rubbing his neck nervously with his right. “Actually I was wondering if you’d want to grab coffee sometime. I, uh, don’t really know that many people out here, and you seem friendly enough.”
        Now it’s my turn to laugh. I don’t get the giggles like he did, but I have to take a breath once I’m finished. “You want to hang out with me after that disaster in there?”
        He looks down at his feet and a boyish grin appears on his face. If his flirting grin a few minutes ago made me melt, this grin absolutely demolishes me. I get a feeling it doesn’t appear often.
        “Yeah, I mean, as long as you don’t spit your drink out on me again” His flirtatious grin is back. The butterflies in my stomach turn into bats at the realization of what he’s asking me.
        “Oh, um, sure,” I mumble trying to get my thoughts straight.
        “Great how does tomorrow around lunch sound?”