I remember it so clearly, in the cold mercury lamp light on a chilly fall evening. The stones of the steps were really cold and I was 12 or 13.
It was quick but I was excited because I felt I loved her. I did.
I remember the walk home- beaming in main character mode.
I just saw her for the first time in over a decade about a week or two ago and remembered all of these feelings from 17 years ago