"AD": Number One

Eighth grade I knew you merely as a mutual friend of Tal's. In the last month of school, you let it slip that I had a crush on someone--who found out--and I hated you for it.

Ninth grade brought us together with the episode with Tal since we moved tables and it was really only you and I.

Over the past couple of years, we've talked, and I've trusted you sometimes even more than I trust Richard.

This week I talked to you about the rose sale at school, mentioning my deficiency of flowers received over the school years. I was mostly joking, not really caring that I hadn't ever gotten one.

Today I lightly teased you about seeing you at the flower table this morning. You replied that you had intended to send me one, but since they didn't deliver to classes, you decided against it, thinking it awkward to just hand one to me.

It's the thought that counts, and I'm glad you're kind enough to think about me.