Knowing Gaze

We had both known of each other for a while. It was a small school and names got around. He was an RA and friends of everyone on campus. I was a quiet girl who simply worked in the coffee shop. I heard about him constantly. I heard about the funny thing he did in class or how he went out of his way to help his roommate. He sounded too good to be true.The more I heard, the more entranced I was.

It was a late night in the coffee shop when he came in. I heard the sound of the door creak and finished my job wiping the counter to look up at him. Before I met his eyes, I saw him. Everything I already loved about him radiated off of him. He walked with confidence. He had a kind smile on his face as he held the door open for someone leaving. I knew if I looked at his eyes, I would fall. I held back and tried to keep my head down. He sauntered to the counter looking at the menu.

I took a deep breath and looked up. His eyes had left the menu and immediately met mine. His chocolate brown eyes melted into me as I felt my arms go numb. He held his gaze with a kind smile.

Everything I ever wanted were in those eyes. The care and kindness I always dreamed of lived and breathed in those eyes. They were the key to the future I wanted. It wasn't until I really saw him that I knew he was everything I wanted. One look of those eyes and I knew I would never get enough. This was all I needed.

The eye contact had lasted a long time and then I saw past the surface of his eyes and saw that he saw it too. He felt the breathlessness and saw me the way I saw him. I had never before felt so close to someone as I did before. It was almost as if we were connected simply from the eye contact.

"Wow" he finally spoke up breaking the long silence and we both let out the breath we didn't know we were holding.

"When are you off? Because I think we need to get to know each other" he smiled knowingly. And I knew nothing would ever be the same.