"Gone? What do you mean?" I asked.
"We broke up," she replied.
"I'm sorry," I said.
"Don't be."
"Okay, I won't. Instead, I'll take advantage of the situation. How about going out with me?" I said, hoping she would accept.
"When?" she asked.
"Now," I said.
"We're already out," she said and laughed.
"Right. I'm out with my friends, and you are out with your friends. I mean you and me out together without our friends. Not here. We'll go somewhere else," I said.
She thought for a moment, then said, "I'd like that. Let me go tell my friends I'm leaving."
I watched her as she walked away with a feeling of excitement no girl had ever given me before. That night, Lucy and I had a great time together, and when I got back to my dorm room, I knew that I was already falling in love with her.
