Griffin walked with her friends, in the middle of their conversation, one of her friends suddenly stopped, pointing towards Zephyr.

"Hey, isn't that the new girl?" Quade whispered excitedly to Griffin.

"You should go talk to her, I think you two would get along really well."

Griffin glanced in Zephyr's direction, observing her from afar, but didn't feel the same excitement as Quade.

"I don't know, she seems nice, but I'm not really looking to make new friends right now,"

Griffin replied, trying to brush off Quade's suggestion politely.

Despite of Quade's enthusiasm, Griffin couldn't shake off the feeling that she wasn't particularly interested in getting to know Zephyr.

Then the other day, at the entrance of the school gate, Griffin caught sight of Zephyr in the flow of students coming and going with the background noise of chatter.

There's something about Zephyr captured Griffin's attention. It might have been her lively personality, shining through even in the simplest moments, or perhaps it was her confident posture that drew interest, fascinating and mysterious.

After that day Griffin observed Zephyr from a distance, she couldn't shake the feeling that there was something remarkable about Zephyr. Maybe it was the way she engaged with others, effortlessly attracting them with her infectious laughter and genuine kindness or perhaps it was the unique perspective through which she viewed the world, finding beauty in the tiniest details and embracing life with wonder and curiosity.

Though these thoughts spinning in her mind, Griffin hesitated to admit to herself that she might have developed a crush on Zephyr, brushing off the notion as simple admiration.

Every time they saw Zephyr, Quade couldn't resist teasing Griffin. Griffin wants to brush off these teasing gestures because she feels her feelings for Zephyr are growing deeper.

In a playful twist of fate, Griffin's friends saw Zephyr in the library so they went there and took it upon themselves to play cupid, with playful grins, they walked over to Zephyr's table, leaving Griffin behind with a mix of curiosity and apprehension.

"Excuse me, can we ask what's your name?" one of them said, catching Zephyr's attention.

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Zephyr looked up from her book, a curious expression on her face. "Oh, hi! I'm Zephyr Rain Ember" she responded, setting her book down with exaggerated gestures.

Griffin's friends gestured towards Griffin, who was standing a few feet away, trying to appear nonchalant.

"Nice to meet you Zephyr, I'm Quade Harris" she replied and smiled at Zephyr and glanced at Griffin who felt embarrassed.

"Hi, I'm Kaiser Rose Davis" she extend her hand to Zephyr

"So our friend Griffin, wants to talk to you. She is always staring at you from a far" Kaiser said with a teasing smile.

Quade and Kaiser look at each other with a playful smile then they looked to Griffin who wants to get away from the embarrassing situation.

Zephyr's eyebrows wrinkled in curiosity as she looked over at Griffin, who was now blushing. She walked towards Griffin.

"Hi! I'm Zephyr Rain Ember" she said excitedly, her voice filled with genuine warmth as she extended her hand.

Griffin's cheeks burned even brighter as she tentatively stepped forward.

"I... I'm Griffin Hayes William" she replied nervously

They smile at each other, then one of the friends of Zephyr enters the room.

"Ze, let's go, our class will start any minute." Soren said

They looked at Soren walking towards Zephyr

"Oh, I didn't notice the time. " Zephyr replied

"Yeah, whatever Ze" Soren said, then she noticed Griffin beside of Zephyr.

"Oh, I know you, you're Griffin Hayes William, right?" go towards Griffin and she moved Zephyr to the side and extended her hand to Griffin

"I'm Soren Hernandez" she said with a wide smile

"Yes, I'm Griffin, nice to meet you Soren" Griffin replied and smiled back

Then Zephyr interrupted, "Hey, Soren let's go, we're going late to our class" Zephyr took Soren's hand and apologized to Griffin that they're will go to their class

"Sorry for the interruption, but we're going to our class. Nice to meet again Hayes, bye" Zephyr said to Griffin

"Oh, it's okay, nice to meet you too Zephyr and to you too Soren, bye!" Griffin replied with a smile and wave to Zephyr sign to say goodbye.

Griffin is so grateful for her friends' boldness, despite the embarrassment. She couldn't help but smile, she was always thinking about the moment that their hands met, realizing that sometimes, it takes a little push from friends to create something magical.

As the evening unfolded, Griffin received a friend request from Zephyr on facebook, she couldn't believe that Zephyr added her on facebook. She accepted and then Zephyr send a message

Zephyr: Thank you, Hayes

Griffin couldn't know what to feel, she's so happy and she never expected that she was called by her second name. She hate her second name but when Zephyr called her that she thinks she will love that name. From that moment they engaged conversation.

Griffin realized that her initial instincts were right, there was indeed something special about Zephyr, something that made her stand out from the crowd in the best possible way.