Zara looked at her for a long moment. “Then I’d fail. I’m terrible at paying attention to anything that isn’t right in front of me.”
That should have been it. A collision of strangers, a polite exchange, a walk in opposite directions. But Lucia noticed that Zara hesitated before turning away, and Zara noticed that Lucia was still holding the silver earring.
“You dropped this,” Lucia said.
Over the next few months, they became the kind of almost-something that Lucia’s poet friends would write sonnets about. Late-night texts. Coffee that turned into dinner that turned into walking each other home. Lucia learned that Zara’s laugh, when it really came, was like gravel and honey. Zara learned that Lucia hummed while she cooked and talked to her plants like they were old friends.
“I’ve watched a lot of YouTube.”
Zara looked at her for a long moment. “Then I’d fail. I’m terrible at paying attention to anything that isn’t right in front of me.”
That should have been it. A collision of strangers, a polite exchange, a walk in opposite directions. But Lucia noticed that Zara hesitated before turning away, and Zara noticed that Lucia was still holding the silver earring. lucia love and zara durose
“You dropped this,” Lucia said.
Over the next few months, they became the kind of almost-something that Lucia’s poet friends would write sonnets about. Late-night texts. Coffee that turned into dinner that turned into walking each other home. Lucia learned that Zara’s laugh, when it really came, was like gravel and honey. Zara learned that Lucia hummed while she cooked and talked to her plants like they were old friends. Zara looked at her for a long moment
“I’ve watched a lot of YouTube.”