A single year, and less than a summer. It started as a beautiful shore in a dream. Seen from a ships rolling deck, desired but on a different path, the urge to swim the unknown waters was powerful.
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I had just started attending the community college full-time in addition to working full time. I enjoy books and research for its own sake, so the library was a natural enough place for me to spend my time during breaks between classes. Being young, I naturally always had an eye open for beauty and sex appeal, and she surpassed all the other girls in school without trying. She was beautiful to see working in the college library. Competent, friendly, yet reserved. Her clothes showed off a lovely figure without being revealing. Her eyes always held a gleam of intelligence and mirth that were intoxicating to a dark romantic like myself.
Our eyes held sparks of mutual interest every time we would converse or see each other in the library. She was always behind the desk, and I was always on the search for something academic, even if her presence became a heavy scent I could almost taste in the air every time she was there.