This just happened to me a few days ago, bear with me and I can assure you it is most definitely real.
I met Zara nearly a decade ago on a business trip I went on with my father. At the time, I was in high school so my parents thought it would be good for me to say that I helped out with my father’s work or something. She was the daughter of my father’s colleague. For most of these trips, I just hung out with Zara playing games to pass the time.
I would go on these business trips with my father a couple times a year, and every time I would see Zara. When I left for college I didn’t go for a while. A few years later I came again with my new girlfriend, and I could pretty obviously tell that Zara was jealous that I was giving her all my attention. I had known since the first trip that Zara had a major crush on me.