It was now Friday afternoon of week two, I was walking to my dorm when I saw him. He was just standing outside the library, talking to another professor, looking tired.
The moment he spotted me, our eyes locked across the quad and for a moment neither of us budged. And the professor standing next to him kept talking, but Daniel wasn't listening, he kept his eyes glued on me, and that seemed to have a huge effect on me.
I could have just turned and walked away.
But instead I stood there frozen.
I could read his lips from far away, a single word. "Please."
The other professor said something that pierced the contact with Daniel, turning to address him. I was already walking away, when he turned back. My hands trembling. I knew I couldn't do this, I couldn't keep going like this anymore.
