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What mattered to her was her computer and her computer alone.  "Thank you" I said as I handed the phone back to her and picked my own. I downloaded the playlists she sent and began to scroll down the long list absentmindedly. She went back to her furious clicking. There was nothing else to say, so it was the perfect time to tell her something that would make her know why I would always sit by her to talk with her.

 I wanted to ask her out but a part of me told me that I was being too forward. The other part told me that there was no harm in trying. I sighed heavily before I asked her. "Will you be free tonight? Wanna hang out?" I asked her, trying to look as naive and as harmless as possible. She looked at me for a while, her gaze lingered much more than I expected. She turned slowly towards her computer and croaked a