“I really messed that up, didn’t I?” he asked, laughing.

She smiled, tossed her hair, and laughed too.

“Let’s start over,” she said. “Like we’ve never met.”

“Alright. I’m John. I work in construction.”

“No,” she pouted. “Romanticize your life. Make something up!”

He answered only by straightening his face.

Miranda Mann is an aspiring author from Utah. Follow her on Twitter @mirandamann.