Rumi has a crush on Talon from her math class. They sit together most days. She likes his easy laugh and his silly jokes.
茹米喜欢数学课上的塔隆。他们大多数时候坐在一起。她喜欢他轻松的笑声和他的傻笑话。
One afternoon, Rumi overhears Talon on the phone. "She is very funny," he says. "I really like spending time with her."
一天下午，茹米无意中听到塔隆在打电话。“她很有趣，”他说，“我真的很喜欢和她在一起。”
Rumi feels sad right away. She thinks Talon likes another girl. She stops sitting next to him the next day.
茹米立刻难过起来。她觉得塔隆喜欢的是另一个女孩。第二天，她不再坐在他旁边了。
Talon notices the empty seat right away. He sends her a short text. "Where did you go today?"
塔隆马上注意到了那个空座位。他给她发了一条短信：“你今天去哪儿了？”
Rumi does not answer at first. Then she writes back. "I heard you talk about a girl. I did not want to bother you."
茹米一开始没有回复。后来她回了信：“我听到你说起一个女孩。我不想打扰你。”
Talon reads the message twice. He calls her that evening. "That was my cousin Nova," he says. "She just moved to town."
塔隆把信息读了两遍。那天晚上，他给她打了电话。“那是我的表妹诺娃，”他说，“她刚搬到这座城里。”
Rumi feels silly now. She was wrong about it. She laughs at her own mistake.
茹米现在觉得自己很傻。她想错了。她笑自己犯的错。
"I thought you liked someone else," she admits. Talon smiles through the phone. "I like someone else, actually. It's you."
“我还以为你喜欢别人，”她承认道。塔隆在电话那头笑了。“其实我是喜欢别人，”他说，“就是你。”
The next day, Rumi sits next to Talon again. He slides a note across the desk. "Movie this weekend?" it says.
第二天，茹米又坐在了塔隆旁边。他把一张纸条从桌子上推过来。上面写着：“这个周末看电影？”
Rumi writes back one word: "Yes." She circles it twice.
茹米回了一个字：“好。”她把它圈了两圈。
