When I laugh with you, it is so much louder than a laugh in other company. It reminds me of before you loved me, when your laugh was loudest to my ear. If I was the cause, oh dear!
When we talk of our interests, I listen because I actually do care about yours. It's just like when we'd icebreak, what are your interests? I find only yours interesting. How silly, I think.
I watch you closely, even closer when you don't notice. I look across the table at you working, and it pleases me so. I used to do this constantly, hoping maybe you did notice, but also swearing I was sly. How dare we catch each other's eye.
Now you see me, for all that I am. For all that I want to be, and I see you seeing me. I remember when someone told me that you liked me, because of the way you looked at me. I thought this over, so happily. You're still looking at me.
the comparison between crushing and being in a relationship, not always so different