Gemotions

The request popped up as Daniel was about to start a new game. He nearly threw his phone in frustration. It was from Ashley, the girl who’d made his life a misery in high school. The past suddenly crashed over him, a wave of awkward memories and self-doubt. He felt his hands begin to sweat. He considered deleting it and going back to his game. But a prickle of something else, a tight, unyielding feeling, held him back. He would not give her the satisfaction of thinking she could just…connect. He looked at the profile, a slow, deliberate smile spreading across his face.