November 8, 2003 11:23 PM

She smiled. It wasn't simply a smile, but a smile which underlined her determination, her unawavering, if ever wrong, sensibility. A thousand nights I've cursed girls like her, a thousand girls who've laughed tugging my tendons into nervous twitches, but I paid it no mind. Maybe I could never kiss her, but being a step away seemed to, strangely, satisfy.