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Introduction
Open your mind! Open your heart! Allow yourself to succumb to the dark, sprawling forces of your sub-conscious!
Accept the true, pan-dimensional reality of existence, feel the mass consciousness shared by all life transcend
through your soul! Tear down the walls! Open up outside of yourself, know that we are all one, and appreciate life
and the universe from the greater perspective! On second though, don't. Just read this story.
Prologue: 5 years ago....
Sheldon was at a local Madison used bookstore, nonchalantly browsing what the tiny place had to offer, hoping that
maybe he would come across a Douglass Adams book or something. In the back of his head he was pondering what he
perceived as his mundane, unfulfilled life, for which this bookstore trip was temporarily therapeutic.
It was there that he unexpectedly saw her-Danielle Bates-the girl of his dreams. He had secretly fallen in love
with her ever since he had first laid eyes on her in Biology class about a year ago. Ever since then he had silently
gazed in her, in awe, and even in admiration. She was the very essence of beauty, of perfection. Through watching
her he slowly began to know her or so he thought at least. She was the art school student type, who read books
constantly, created what he saw as absolutely magnificent drawings, and seemed far wiser than Sheldon could ever
be.
Physically, Sheldon saw her as the most stunningly beautiful creature ever to grace the planet. In reality, most
people would have probably rated her "average" at best, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder. She
was about 5 foot 10, with an average-sized chest, with the shape of her body not quite thin but not chubby either.
She had brown, silky, shoulder-length hair and hypnotic blue eyes. But above all else it was her irresistible,
dazzling smile that put her over the top. In those rare but precious moments when Sheldon would catch her smiling,
his heart would instantly melt, and Sheldon would be thrown into a ethereal state of lust.
He had never had a crush on any girl the way he had a crush on Danielle. It wasn't even so much a sexual attraction,
as is the case with most teenage boys. No, Sheldon just wanted to be with her, to know her, to get close to her.
He would often fantasize about what kind of life they could have together, how their souls could harmoniously bond
together, forever.
Oh, but it was absurd to think such things. Sheldon didn't have the courage to ask Danielle out, and even if he
did, she would just reject him, for he was a total dork. Sheldon broke out of his trance, sighed, and took his
eyes off of Danielle, in favor of the floor. He shrugged and decided that he should leave, for it was pointless
to waste any more time.
As he passed her on his way out, he took one last glance at the love of his 16-year-old life. This time she glanced
back, noticed him, and smiled. It was unclear how she intended the smile; whether it was an affirmation of the
fact that recognized him from school, whether she actually liked him back, or whether it was just out of sheer
jubilance. But nonetheless, it made Sheldon's heart race. In his head he knew it was foolish to get excited over
something as insignificant as a smile, but something within pushed Sheldon to realize his dream. He stopped, turned
around, and nervously faced Danielle.
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