He was so hot.
Not like middle school crush hot or boy band poster hot, not even teen heart throb movie star hot. He was real tangible hot, like right there before her within her grasp. She could literally reach out and touch him if she wanted, she could stare at him from afar if she wanted, and she could even ask him if he was busy on Friday and actually have a chance at it.
Oh the woes of being shy, Janette knew them too well. No matter how much she wanted Mason Kwee to be her boyfriend she couldn’t bring herself to build up the courage to ask his hot athletic rear out. Oh she loved that rear, she stared at it whenever he was running up and down the court with the university basketball team.
She’d been dreamily watching him for two years and then boom, the fates had smiled upon her and paired him up with her in lab. They got along, they had things in common, and most importantly he was deliciously single. No more pining, she had to ask him that day, she would ask him that day, her nerves would finally leave her and she’d be making out with him by Friday.
She sat in her chem lab seat grinning from ear to ear when he entered, he made her heart turn to mush and her brain get fuzzy, her entire being shaking and waiting for him to sit down next to her.
“Hey Janette,” he greeted as he sat in the stool next to her. His deep voice made her entire body shudder and her teeth start gnawing at her lip. Oh she wanted him bad, she just had to swallow her nerves and ask him out. He’d say yes, she was pretty enough, she was smart enough, and she was funny. She loved making him laugh, his laugh was so deep and alluring, ugh. She needed him.
“Hi Mason,” she squeaked out with her grin broadening. “H-How was your weekend?”
“Lame,” he replied. “We had basketball all weekend, I missed a movie premiere. Gonna have to stay off my phone.”
“Movie?” She asked with a squeak. That was perfect, all she had to do was ask if he wanted to go with her. She was fun, she’d probably enjoy whatever it was, and maybe it would be a nice starting point to becoming something more than lab partners.
Mason laughed his deep sexy laugh again and began to describe his movie to her until their professor entered and attention turned to their assignment. Janette was a chem whiz, so the entire process was easy, giving her plentiful time to talk.
Unfortunately she couldn’t get past her nerves, they just kept rising and pushing her confidence down. She was perfect for Mason, he’d make her happy, she’d make him happy. They’d date and fuck, and get married and raise a family together. It was a blissful dream being ruined by her stupid nerves. Why did she have to be so anxious?
Chem ended with her no closer to her beautiful dream. She said goodbye to Mason at the door and watched him walk away with a bitter feeling in her throat. What was that? Her seventeenth chance to be with him and once again she’d blown it. Was she destined to be trapped dreaming forever? Every class ending with a sigh of longing?
No, she had to find a way, she would find a way to make sure they ended up together. One way or another.