It was lunchtime. He was sitting in Barone when it happened. Just eating some tasteless food, minding his business. A girl appeared, asking to close the curtains near him.
“It’s too bright.” She smiled at him.
He looked up. He was love-struck. A green-eyed, freckled goddess was standing before him with the most wonderful smile he had ever seen.
“Of course,” he replied, and stepped aside to let her close the curtains.
He watched her walk back to her table, fixated.
The following week, he was back in Barone; the same spot as before, the same time as before. He noticed her walk in, then quickly pulled a black-ink pen out of his backpack and scribbled a few lines down. Minutes passed as he waited for her to get up.
When she did, he briskly walked over to her booth and dropped the folded napkin on her table. Now all that was left to do was wait.
The girl returned to her table, drink in hand, and was surprised to see a note there.
She opened it. Read it. Smiled. Nicole Fogliano ‘12 had a secret admirer.
I’ve seen you four times in the cafeteria. You closed the curtains near me once b/c it was too bright. I think you have a wonderful smile. I wish I knew your name. Enjoy your breakfast/lunch.
Your Admirer From Afar,
Mr. X
Fogliano received the note about a year ago, right before finals week. “It made my whole year to know that chivalry wasn’t dead,” she said.
The entire scenario, however, is still a mystery. Fogliano still doesn’t know who Mr. X is, nor does she have an idea as to who he might be. “It’s been driving me nuts all year,” she said. It doesn’t help that there were no eyewitnesses either. While she thinks that love letters are “wonderful,” she wishes that hers wasn’t anonymous.
“I do vaguely recall stepping behind a guy to close the blinds…and him looking at me like I was absolutely nuts – or at least, so I thought – but I didn’t think much of it,” Fogliano added.
Nothing has happened since she received the note, but Fogliano is hoping that something will, in the spirit of Valentine’s Day.
“I’m trying not to get my hopes up. But I really, really want him to see this and get in touch with me. Now that he knows my name, he can Facebook me…I pretty much haven’t dated anyone partially because of that note. Damn it I want a nice guy! He gave me hope.”
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