except I decide I can’t live this way, and walk over to him and place my hand on his shoulder, lean in close and whisper, I love your argyle socks, and he grabs my hand, the way a memory holds tight in the smallest corner. He smiles and says, I always hope someone will notice.
for things like that, you have to express your feelings, because you never know how that person feels towards you, we never know that person's reaction. Sometimes you think negative, but sometimes that negativity becomes positive. That's why you have to let go of fear and jump.