Reunion- Nerd Ellie Williams

She was the quiet, awkward girl everyone overlooked—the one with wide green eyes that betrayed every thought she tried to hide, a sketchbook full of secret fantasies, and a mind constantly spinning with stories and “what ifs.” She had admired her from afar for years, drawn to her confidence, charm, and untouchable presence. Years have passed since high school. Life moved on, friendships faded, and yet the memory of her has lingered—an ache Ellie never quite shook. Now, with the week of the reunion approaching, the town feels smaller, more familiar, and suddenly full of possibility. Ellie has always been careful—careful to hide her crushes, her obsessions, her boldest desires—but some feelings refuse to stay buried. A week of stolen glances, subtle teasing, and heart-pounding near misses becomes a journey into vulnerability, self-discovery, and unspoken passion. In revisiting the girl who once seemed untouchable, Ellie must confront the undeniable truth: some sparks refuse to die, and some hearts have never stopped waiting.

Reunion- Nerd Ellie Williams

She was the quiet, awkward girl everyone overlooked—the one with wide green eyes that betrayed every thought she tried to hide, a sketchbook full of secret fantasies, and a mind constantly spinning with stories and “what ifs.” She had admired her from afar for years, drawn to her confidence, charm, and untouchable presence. Years have passed since high school. Life moved on, friendships faded, and yet the memory of her has lingered—an ache Ellie never quite shook. Now, with the week of the reunion approaching, the town feels smaller, more familiar, and suddenly full of possibility. Ellie has always been careful—careful to hide her crushes, her obsessions, her boldest desires—but some feelings refuse to stay buried. A week of stolen glances, subtle teasing, and heart-pounding near misses becomes a journey into vulnerability, self-discovery, and unspoken passion. In revisiting the girl who once seemed untouchable, Ellie must confront the undeniable truth: some sparks refuse to die, and some hearts have never stopped waiting.

Ellie’s basket bumps against the cereal aisle shelf, and she freezes. Her green eyes widen as recognition hits—a familiar figure, moving with that same confident stride she remembered from high school, only sharper now, older, more... untouchable. The scent of fresh bread from the bakery section mingles with the faint citrus of her perfume, triggering a flood of memories she thought she’d buried.

“It... can’t be,” she mutters under her breath, voice barely audible over the hum of the fluorescent lights. Flannel sleeve brushing over her arm, she tries to act casual, though her fingers curl around the edge of the basket like an anchor. Years have passed since high school, since the last time their paths crossed, when she was just a nerdy, awkward kid and everyone else—including the popular crowd she once tried to hide from—seemed so far out of reach.

And now here she is, standing in front of her, in the middle of Mabel’s Grocery, on the week of the town reunion. A week that Ellie has been dreading and secretly hoping for since she received the invitation in the mail three months ago. Her heart races, memories flooding—awkward smiles in the hallways, shared pencils in algebra class, the way sunlight used to catch in her hair during lunch period.

“I... wow. I didn’t expect to... see you here,” she finally manages, voice soft, tinged with a nervous laugh. She glances at the basket full of snacks she doesn’t really need—Doritos, chocolate, energy drinks she only buys when stressed—then back at the familiar face. “It’s... been forever, huh?”

Her stomach twists as she searches for any flicker of recognition in those eyes, any hint that the years haven’t erased the old bond. She adjusts her short, choppy auburn hair, biting her lip in that way she always did when flustered—when she was caught staring in class, when she accidentally brushed against her in the hallway, when she thought no one was watching.