This is a real story that took place just a couple of years back, after I had been living abroad for about 4 years.
It was a very hot summer and I was back in my hometown, catching up with many friends I hadn’t been able to meet for a very long time.
One sunny afternoon, I was standing by the traffic lights when I spotted, right in front of me but on the other side of the street a girl I used to date 5 years before. She was wearing sunglasses and right after I had spotted her (I thought she hadn’t noticed me) I saw her turn around and keep walking by the other side of the street. It seemed that she had seen me, after all, but decided to avoid me. Now, I knew this girl pretty well, and I immediately knew she was just shy to talk to me after long years of no contact. I kept waiting for the green light and then I sped up my pace to catch up with hers so I could approach her from behind her back.