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I went to the grocery store as I normally do every Friday evening. I was picking some fresh vegetables when my eyes met a very familiar figure. It was Ana. It had been so long since we last saw each other. I tried to act as though I didn't see her, but then she called my name and all of a sudden I felt a sudden familiar weakness all over. One I hadn't felt since I had seen her last.

Ana and I were both classmates in junior year. She was very intelligent and beautiful. I admired her very much, majorly for her intelligence. I always talked about her to my close friend David. He would tease me  claiming I had a crush on her, but I genuinely had nothing but admiration for her.

One day we were both paired together for a class project. That was the first time we actually spoke and that was the first time I had felt this weakness. I could hardly string complete sentences. My heart began to beat so fast. I was normally not a very social person, but this was different. I was in love.

After the project we hung out a couple of times, but I couldn't tell her how I felt because I was scared of rejection. David kept pushing me to tell her, but I kept on procrastinating. It was until about week to prom I finally confessed my feelings. When she said the feelings were mutual I was probably the happiest young man in the entire world.

All of that was cut short two days later when my Dad died. The thing is, I deal with grief very badly. I made probably the worst decision I could have made. I traveled and left everything behind. She called and texted several times to no avail. I wanted to call a lot of times but I just kept stalling. The more I stalled the harder it got, and eventually I just couldn't do it anymore.

But today, for whatever reason we had crossed paths again. Perhaps it could be fate? Perhaps we could be destined for each other? Perhaps I could make amends?

I waved at her an walked towards her.




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I felt like writing another story this week (since I have already done this week's prompt) , so I made use of number 12 "
Two people who used to be in love many years ago see one another across the grocery store. What then?"  from  @theinkwell's  [50 story ideas](https://ecency.com/hive-170798/@theinkwell/the-ink-well-fiction-prompt-6-50-story-ideas)


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