"So, what do you say?" asked a young man with blonde hair and dark blue eyes, a charming smile tugging at his lips that captured the hearts of many ladies.
"…I am not ready," replied the girl walking beside him as they made their way to the lecture hall.
"Oh, come on! You've been saying that since last semester, and even the one before that. What's stopping you? Or are you crushing on someone?" The young man said, frustration evident in his voice due to her constant rejections.
"…There's no one. I just am not ready for relationships," the girl replied, her lustrous black hair swaying in the wind as her calm, bluish-green eyes focused on the path ahead.
*Sigh.* "Just be straight with me," he said, stepping in front of her and holding her shoulders as he looked deeply into her eyes. "Do you feel anything for me?" he asked, but the silence that followed made his heart drop.
