She caught me as I glanced at her, my eyes in disbelief of how beautiful she was, I don’t remember looking away.

I waited a while as I collected my thoughts, I had to say hi and even if she didn’t reply, I could at least say that I tried.

Having finally gathered the courage, I stood up, walked straight to her and said hi, yes I stammered a ton, a woman as beautiful as her, Im glad I didn’t run.

I asked for her name but she didn’t reply, she signed at me but I couldn’t understand, oh no I thought, ” I think she’s deaf. ”

I asked her if I could sit, she smiled while nodding her head, my thoughts were all over the place.

She was flawless in my eyes and It didn’t matter that she was deaf, yes we hadn’t even exchanged names yet but when she smiled, I felt alive for the first time in awhile.

She took her napkin and wrote, ” Hi, my name is Ariel, I’m so sorry but I am deaf. ”

Broke my heart, it really did but I wasn’t going to let that change anything, as I wrote ” Hi, My name is Ethan and I have autism. “