The party was going great
everyone was having a blast
and a lot of folks were helping
so nobody was getting stressed out.

It was hard not to notice
an interesting tension that was building, though.
There was an energy between Danny and Angela.
You couldn’t ignore the element in the room:
fire.

“I think she likes you, Dan.”
“What? No!”
“Bet you a quarter.”
“I can’t lose that kind of money!”

They kept on flirting, playing around with dishes, going on chip runs, it was adorable.
When the sleepover happened
is when things really clicked.
They were an item
for all of Spring Break.

I guess the release of some tensions
only work for certain measures of time.

You may be asking
why I’m telling you this story now…