"He just bought me lunch."

"He just bought me lunch."

He just bought me lunch. That's all I could think and that's all I could say.

I ran on the bus and knowing there was a 2 1/2 hour ride ahead of me decided it was worth the risk to save a seat for myself next to Itzik.

"He just bought me lunch." The girls that I told cooed back in various tones of jealousy. But to be honest, I wasn't bragging. Well maybe I was. I wasn't trying to brag though. I was trying to convince myself that it actually happened and that he did buy me lunch.

"He just bought me lunch. -- Why did he buy me lunch?"

"Um, cause he wants you." The jealous girls chorused.

I saw Itzik walk onto the bus through the corner of my eye. He had seen my bag and was looking around at the people on the bus.

Shyly and a bit sluggishly I made my way forward to the the pair of seats and grabbed something out of my purse.

"Stephanie! This is your bag?" He almost squeaked as he said it because he was smiling so huge. I almost fainted as he said it because I had been holding my breath.

So many butterflies accumulated it my stomach that I started to float. There were warm tingles going up and down my back. I nodded and sat down the best that I could in the seat next to the window, trying to conceal the fact that I was floating.