The One Where They Fall in Love

, I’ll say you were a sassy bitch who never returned her shopping cart.”

“That’s all I’m asking!” Satisfied that she’s proven her point, she swivels around on the wood floor to grab another box of books. I roll my eyes at my best friend. Lucy’s helping
me move into my new studio apartment, and she’s been on this tirade about Dateline for at least ten minutes.

Technically it isn’t my new apartment anymore—I’ve lived here for almost two months, ever since Lucy moved in with her fiancé, b

The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along.”

— Rumi