so there.

Today at Rendezvous, a campus restaurant, I spotted a girl with hair like mine waiting for her Mexican food at the counter. Next to her stood a boy about her height with light brown hair that covered the tops of his ears. The man behind the counter called the girl's number and the boy reached out to grab her box of food for her. She took it from him and smiled. She handed him some napkins and a fork from the baskets on her left.

I couldn't help smiling at the simple reciprocity. I couldn't help going numb from feeling so far away.