They were both shy nerds. Neither dated much and neither got laid often. Their lives revolved around their work so neither was aware that they were lonely.
He was twenty-five and she was twenty-four. Each had graduated cum laude from their high schools and universities. Each had a good job and made more money than they needed. Each lived in modest apartments two blocks from the park.
Their jobs were one block from the park and they ate lunch in the park.
The problem was that their jobs and homes were on opposite sides of the park. They ate their lunch on hills with a small lake between them and had never noticed each other.
That changed when each saw a commotion in the trees at the head of the lake. It was a jungle-like section of the park on a hill from which a small waterfall fell into the lake. No trails or pathways went into the heavily wooded area.
Each had binoculars but seldom pulled them out of their backpacks but when they saw leaves raining down from the canopy they got them out and looked.
Neither saw anything unusual but before putting the binoculars away they scanned the area. They saw each other looking at them through the lenses.
Both quickly put their binoculars down blushing furiously. It took ten minutes for him to look in her direction and when he did it looked like she was looking at him with her binoculars again.
He picked his up and sure enough she was.
She gave him a small wave, as shy a hello as anyone has ever given.
He screwed up all his courage and waved back.
Both put down their binoculars and finished their lunch. They waved goodbye to each other and returned to work wearing smiles.
The next day each waved hello and goodbye and realized they liked doing so. By the third day both were hurrying to their hillside and both trained their binoculars on each other often.
Saturday they missed each other by twenty minutes, they had headed to the others hill. Neither had the courage to stay and wait for a while.
On Monday they brought their laptops and web cams. They zoomed in on each other and watched the other eat lunch. As usual they waved at each other when they got there and waved when they left.
The third day, a Wednesday, when leaves again rained down from the trees he looked through his webcam and she pointed her web cam towards the trees.
It took them a few moments to understand their web cams had been pointed at each other but when it did they had brilliant smiles with an equally brilliant blush for each other.
They then settled to watch each other eat lunch and waved as they left.
It rained the next two days, a Thursday and a Friday. On Monday each expected the other to ignore them but soon noticed the other was carrying a sign. As soon as she had her laptop going he revealed his, it had his IM address on it.
She immediately punched it in and saw his face fill her screen.
He was the most adorable guy she had ever seen.
She did not need to show her sign but did anyway; it had her IM address on it.
He sat and filled his screen with her face. She was beautiful.
In truth neither was all that special but that was not what they saw. If one had asked the other to marry them at that moment the answer would have been a resounding yes. Both were firm believers of love at first sight.
But neither had communicated with the other yet and did not for quite a few moments.
Eventually he typed, "Hi. My name is Sam. I am an engineer with the James group."
She typed, "Hi. My name is Sara. I am a system analyst with the Joseph Group."
They spent the lunch hour getting to know each other revealing a lot more about themselves than anyone else knew. They never noticed the commotion in the trees.
The next day they resumed as if their conversation had not been interrupted. Each understood why they were on opposite sides of the lake and understood that there was not enough time to meet on the others hill. There was water between them so meeting halfway was not possible and their relationship remained a web-based relationship for the next two weeks.
During those two weeks they became best friends, their first best friend. They described their co-workers and asked for help on some work and personal problems. They each learned the other was not in a relationship and had not been in one since high school.
He had confessed to having a favorite porn site.
She had confessed to having a special toy.
She was a bit bolder than he, or perhaps a bit more desperate than he. That Friday she signed off with an imprint of lips, she had sent him a kiss.
He quickly began to type his thanks but saw she was already hurrying away.
Instead he invited her to meet him by the entrance to the zoo on Saturday, he would treat her to hot dogs, pretzels, and sodas.
He deleted the word "Please."
It still took him until three o'clock to click send.
It was nine that night when she answered him. "What should I wear?" she asked.
He replied, "As little as possible."
Before he clicked send he noticed what he had written and began to laugh. He added, "It is supposed to be hot and humid by noon."
"Shorts and t-shirt?" she asked.
"Shorts and t-shirts it is," he replied.
Both sat with their laptops in their laps for several minutes with their hearts racing, they had made a date.
Several moments passed before each realized they no idea what to type next.
He eventually sent, "Thanks for the kiss."
Two minutes later, after furiously considering a million things to say in reply she sent "Good night."
He was afraid he had said the wrong thing but a second message from her came in, it was another kiss.
He immediately closed his laptop and began to masturbate. She was already at her first orgasm.
Several orgasms later she went to sleep. He was approaching his second orgasm at that time.
Saturday morning for each was interminable. Each had changed shirts over and over until deciding which one to wear and each wished they had chosen otherwise by the time they got to the park.
They were both at the zoo entrance by eleven thirty but did not see each other for ten minutes. When they caught sight of each other both had to laugh, both were wearing MIT t-shirts.
"When did you graduate?" he asked.
