She kept staring at her phone to avoid making eye contact with him and to hide the fact that she saw him first. But she should've known better. After all, he grew up in a sociable family. She looked down at her phone and kept walking, her fingers pressing hard on the phone as she pretended to type but even if her act is believable enough, he still approached her. The way he approached her was not the normal 'hi' or a few gentle taps on the shoulder; he bumped into her to get her attention and he held his arm out as if to help her steady herself. 

She wanted to avoid him but perhaps God didn't plan it, maybe He did it on purpose. She looked up and half-smiled, trying hard to hide the fact that she didn't really want to speak to him or acknowledge him. "Where are you going?" he asked. 

She let out a small sigh before saying, "I'm on my way to meet my mum. I'm in a hurry actually, so if you don't mind..." She wasn't lying as her mum was actually waiting for her. She planned to smoothly escape but her legs weren't cooperating with her brain and its commands. 

"Is it okay if you just quickly come with me? I'm on my way to buy bubble tea but I don't really know how to order." He looked and sounded serious but she just couldn't take what him seriously. Did he really not know how to order? Is it that hard to read off a menu? 

"You just have to read off the menu and tell them what you want." She gave him a tip. "It's really not that hard." 

"I'll pay for you." He offered. 

In a way she did feel sorry for him and a part of her wanted to go with him but something is holding her back and she doesn't know what it is. And no, it isn't the fact that her mum is waiting, it's something else. "I would come with you but my mum is waiting for me and I'm in a hurry..." She said desperately and this time her legs are following the instructions that the brain gave. 

He gave her a soft smile, "Aw, it's okay. Maybe next time. Take care, anyways." 

"You too." She smiled and waved. "Bye."

As she walked away, she regretted not going with him. She made up different scenarios of what would happen if she went with him and those scenarios satisfied her in a way but made her regret not going even more. She knew him but she doesn't know him well enough. Maybe if she'd gone with him she would've been able to get to know him better. But it was a missed opportunity, or was it? You could say one of the reasons why she didn't go with him is because she wanted to keep up her hard work of keeping a low profile for the past 3 years. She wasn't over her past yet and she wasn't ready to face it. If she had gone with him, she knew that one of the consequences would be revisiting or reliving the past and that's the last thing she wanted to do.

This could've been part of God's plans for her. It could've been the right person but at the wrong time. 

She kept staring at her phone to avoid making eye contact with him and to hide the fact that she saw him first. But she should've known better. After all, he grew up in a sociable family. She looked down at her phone and kept walking, her fingers pressing hard on the phone as she pretended to type but even if her act is believable enough, he still approached her. The way he approached her was not the normal 'hi' or a few gentle taps on the shoulder; he bumped into her to get her attention and he held his arm out as if to help her steady herself. 

She wanted to avoid him but perhaps God didn't plan it, maybe He did it on purpose. She looked up and half-smiled, trying hard to hide the fact that she didn't really want to speak to him or acknowledge him. "Where are you going?" he asked. 

She let out a small sigh before saying, "I'm on my way to meet my mum. I'm in a hurry actually, so if you don't mind..." She wasn't lying as her mum was actually waiting for her. She planned to smoothly escape but her legs weren't cooperating with her brain and its commands. 

"Is it okay if you just quickly come with me? I'm on my way to buy bubble tea but I don't really know how to order." He looked and sounded serious but she just couldn't take what him seriously. Did he really not know how to order? Is it that hard to read off a menu? 

"You just have to read off the menu and tell them what you want." She gave him a tip. "It's really not that hard." 

"I'll pay for you." He offered. 

In a way she did feel sorry for him and a part of her wanted to go with him but something is holding her back and she doesn't know what it is. And no, it isn't the fact that her mum is waiting, it's something else. "I would come with you but my mum is waiting for me and I'm in a hurry..." She said desperately and this time her legs are following the instructions that the brain gave. 

He gave her a soft smile, "Aw, it's okay. Maybe next time. Take care, anyways." 

"You too," she smiled and waved. "Bye."

As she walked away, she regretted not going with him. She made up different scenarios of what would happen if she went with him and those scenarios satisfied her in a way but made her regret not going even more. She knew him but she doesn't know him well enough. Maybe if she'd gone with him she would've been able to get to know him better. But it was a missed opportunity, or was it? You could say one of the reasons why she didn't go with him is because she wanted to keep up her hard work of keeping a low profile for the past 3 years. She wasn't over her past yet and she wasn't ready to face it. If she had gone with him, she knew that one of the consequences would be revisiting or reliving the past and that's the last thing she wanted to do.

This could've been part of God's plans for her. It could've been the right person but at the wrong time. 

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"Life is so constructed, that the event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation"