— Art was hopelessly in love with you. As you were with him, even if you two didn’t know it yet.

You’d met Art through Tashi; He was her boyfriend’s best friend and you were hers. You’d seen him around Stanford a few times before the meeting, but you never really thought anything more of it until actually being introduced to him.

He was a sweetheart, a true gentleman, any girls dream. But, you didn’t think he was in to you at all, when Patrick and Tash had disappeared during the party (where they introduced you), Art kept looking around, mumbling answers and avoiding your eyes. So, you thought he didn’t like you, and it was very disheartening.

That was the complete opposite from the truth. Art was sooo nervous to be left alone with you, even after begging Tashi to introduce you guys. You didn’t know it but, you shared an english lit class with art. He sat at the very back, a few rows behind you. He’d seen you and just.. he was in deep.

The shared infatuation you two shared towards one another had grown; you’d show up to every home tennis match, he’d completely zone out in class because he was too busy watching you.

At that point, Tashi was sick and tired of hearing whining from both ends, and decided she’d put an end to it herself.

She’d texted the both of you to meet her at the tennis courts one night. What you didn’t know, is that she wouldn’t be there when you and Art inevitably would arrive, instead, you’d see eachother.

The plan had played out perfectly. You’d arrived at the tennis courts before ‘Tashi’. Just standing idly by one of the nets when you hear tennis shoes slap against the hard court.

When you turned, the last thing you would ever expect is to see Art (the love of your life), out of everyone.