"I love you."
"I am sorry."
"I am alright."
"I thank you for everything."
"I am fine, thanks."
"I am doing good."
"I have been well."
"I have been better."
"I pissed myself."
"Oh, shut up."
"Ha! You lose!"

  They had been doing it for the past 2 minutes. Trying to give as many sentences beginning with "I." 

     "Whatever."

Silence.

He stared.

She stared.

"Hey, Joan."
     "Yeah?"
"Did you know that within five minutes of looking a person in the eyes, you can already feel closer to them?"
"Really?"
"Yeah."
"Cool."
"Yeah."
"Hm." 

Silence.

He stared.

She stared.

"So. . . .based on this fact, I can actually conclude that we're approximately two hundred thousand times closer now."
 She laughed. "Forever the class nerd."
"Correction," he replied. "Forever the class nerd who's forever in love with the forever the class geek."
 
She was into comics. And gaming. And Star Wars (then again, who was not ever into Star Wars?). He was friends with her for a long time. Long enough to know her every interest, play all her favorite games, read all her favorite comics. Long enough to earn him the right to tease her. Guh-eek, he would always say. Guh-eek!

"Um---"
"Just kidding! Got you there, huh?"
"I loathe you from the deepest pits of my soul."
"Ha-ha-ha! You've always been so easy to sway."
"That wasn't funny."
"It was a jo---"
"It wasn't funny." 

Silence.

He stared.

She stared. 

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