This one time in university i was in a train back home. Cute girl is sitting next to me and i had some reading to do for calculus so i open up the chapter and make some headway on my work as the trip was going to be 3 hours.

I overhear her conversation on the phone. She says she’s going to my hometown and she doesn’t know where X place is. X place is super popular. When her conversation ends i say, sorry for overhearing your conversation but if you need help getting to X i can give you directions. She asks me to give her directions i do and she thanks me.

She starts asking me some questions about my home town and i tell her. Then I’m like, ok I guess she’s done and go back to reading. She tries once more to ask questions about my calculus book. I’m wondering why is she so into calculus. The conversation fizzles out and we sit quietly for the remainder of the trip.

The neuron that was supposed to fire to warn me of being hit on fires when I’m hailing a cab at my destination. I still think about how i totally missed it and she was really cute. I guess it wasn’t calculus that she was into…