From the USA TODAY bestselling author of Sweet Thing and Nowhere But Here comes a love story
about a Craigslist “missed connection” post that gives two people a second chance at love
fifteen years after they were separated in New York City. To the Green-eyed Lovebird: We
met fifteen years ago almost to the day when I moved my stuff into the NYU dorm room next to
yours at Senior House. You called us fast friends. I like to think it was more. We lived on
nothing but the excitement of finding ourselves through music (you were obsessed with Jeff
Buckley) photography (I couldn’t stop taking pictures of you) hanging out in Washington
Square Park and all the weird things we did to make money. I learned more about myself that
year than any other. Yet somehow it all fell apart. We lost touch the summer after
graduation when I went to South America to work for National Geographic. When I came back you
were gone. A part of me still wonders if I pushed you too hard after the wedding… I didn’t
see you again until a month ago. It was a Wednesday. You were rocking back on your heels
balancing on that thick yellow line that runs along the subway platform waiting for the F
train. I didn’t know it was you until it was too late and then you were gone. Again. You said
my name I saw it on your lips. I tried to will the train to stop just so I could say hello.
After seeing you all of the youthful feelings and memories came flooding back to me and now
I’ve spent the better part of a month wondering what your life is like. I might be totally out
of my mind but would you like to get a drink with me and catch up on the last decade and a
half? M
