When We Almost Met

He came from a foreign land and was sent to set foot in the same school she went to.Her eyes sparkled with a rare curiosity at the first sight of him and not long after their paths crossed. Almost. They were well aware of each other's existence. And they were often quick to steal glances at each other in secret. But time was quicker and they soon parted ways without a single word exchanged between them. And yet years later she could still recount every single memory she had of him—he whom she almost met—in remarkable detail.