He glanced at me as I took a seat across from him in the middle of Sam’s dining room. I felt my cheeks burn up as I stared down at the monopoly board.

“Maybe he was just looking my way because I have some spinach in my teeth” I thought to myself while rolling my tongue over my teeth and gums.

I got lost in a daydream while Jan was explaining the rules and house rules. Thinking about how in the world will I ever muster up to speak to Derek tonight when my stomach feels like it’s going to jump out of my throat.

Finally, we play and dang I’m buying houses and people are paying me money. I’m doing pretty good.

Ugh I’m so competitive even over these silly games.

It’s Derek’s turn. There is one more place that I want to own but Derek is getting awfully close. He keeps chatting and seeing how many he needs to get in order to get that place that I WANT.

“ROLL!” I demand. First word I ever say to him. He looks at me in surprise then gives a cute smirk and rolls. He gets the place and glances back at me with his million dollar smile. I melt a little but act like I’m mad because he took ownership.

The rest of the game was fun but ended cutting it short because who’s lame enough to finish a game of monopoly?

I sat in the car on the way home with a big dorky smile on my face because I finally spoke to him and he noticed me.