Eye Contact

(365 Day Writing Prompt Challenge; Day 6)

     It was the first time I had ever seen him. Maybe he was new to the school, but I knew we had something as soon as our eyes met one another. His were a deep green, the color that never vanishes on an evergreen tree. They were bright, happy, peaceful. Glinting in the light made them look like emeralds taken straight out of a science book. His eyes were the window to his soul, which I thought I could actually see if we had studied each other any longer. Lips curling into a small smile, he turned his face towards the floor and started walking away. I knew we would have to see more of each other soon, but if not, at least his eyes were what was burned into my mind that day we had made eye contact.