Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

The day was a cold and rather brisk snowy one. As anyone from the wintery and cold state of New York can tell you, the weather gets cold and the clouds get darker just about as quickly as it takes to count to ten -- especially in the small town of Neders. Jodie was on a walk. She had grown up there and had known the towns’ back streets and secret hiding places by heart. As any other time she had gone for a walk, she put in her earphones – the same old white corded, round ear-budded Apple earphones, the boring ones that nobody ever liked. She was not among the wealthy. She came from a family that worked hard and long hours for the little cash they had. So as Jodie was on her walk, she saw that the traffic light ahead was green and knew that she could not cross. So she went another way that she knew. By fate, if you believe in that sort of thing, she ran into a boy. His name was Alexander. Boy, she would never forget the look on his face as they made eye contact for the very first time.

Alexander had his breath taken away at the moment of seeing Jodie came about. Of course, he would not say anything to her, as he was the shy type. His self-confidence was not a strength. As the peach haired girl walked closer to him, he kept looking into her eyes but could not bring himself to say anything to her. Just as the two hopeless teenagers passed each other, the bubbly girl Jodie turned around and said something along the lines of “hey, I know you saw me, mister.” As Jodie said this Alexander turned around and just stood there looking like the loser he thought he was as he was staring at Jodie's face. This was the first time a girl had ever talked to him and the first time a guy ever stopped to talk to her.