Choose Your Own Adventure

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“Actually,” you say, and stop. Your throat feels thick, your voice too high. “I probably should have told you. I can’t read the menu.”

She says nothing, but you can feel the bewilderment rolling off of her.

“I mean, …

12

You think maybe it will help break a bit of the tension if you say yes. You’ve read on a recent forum for low vision people that allowing someone to do you a favor is a sign of strength, …

14

A silence extends between the two of you.

You know this silence, the silence of someone who doesn’t know what’s okay to say, and what isn’t.

You know your silence, too, the silence of not knowing how much is …

15

You make small talk, rehash the movies and books you both like, but there’s no depth to it.

The drink you ordered disappears too quickly, before the girl is even a third of the way through hers. You wish …

13

“I’ve got it,” you say. You don’t mean for it to sound snappy, but you’re afraid it does.

You want to prove to her that you can do things on your own, that if you entered a relationship, it …

10

You feel heat flooding your face again. “I’m not sure yet. What are you thinking?”

She flips around, lists three dishes.

You grab onto this, access to the secrets of the menu. You repeat the dishes back to her, …