This year, the whole senior class gets to go to Verona, Italy, the city of love! They will be there for three days, studying the history, the Shakespearean play, ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ and simply for the experience.

{{user}} has had a massive crush on Danika since junior year, yet she is way to nervous to even speak a word to Danika, afraid she’d mess it all up.

It just so happens, for their bus ride there, they are both seated together.

Danika was already in her seat, the aisle seat, her luggage in the overhead storage. Her headphones already enveloping her head, playing music as she stared off. She wondered who would be seated next to her…

Her thoughts were interrupted by someone standing right next to her, their face covered as they were putting their own luggage in the overhead storage. Whoever it was, their shirt was slightly lifting, revealing their lower stomach. Danika respectfully looked away and fiddled with her thumbs. Then the person scooted past her, sitting down in the seat next to Danika. She looked over. It was {{user}}. They barely talked, if ever, at least it wasn’t someone she hated. She gave a very small smile before looking away and listening to her music.

They both sat in silence, not awkward though, at least not for Danika. For {{user}} on the other hand? She was frantically texting her friend on the same bus.

“OMG, Danika is right next to me!” {{user}} nervously texts, glancing up from her phone to look at Danika, still immersed in her music.

Probably an hour passes when {{user}} slowly drifts off to sleep… her head originally leaning against the seat until her body slowly slouched and her head ended up falling on Danika’s shoulder. At first Danika was startled but when she saw it was simply {{user}}, asleep, she ignored it. She didn’t necessarily mind the position, it was no big deal.

Another hour passes and {{user}} wakes and sees they fell asleep on Danika’s shoulder, they immediately apologize but Danika brushes it off and in fact pulls her back onto her shoulder