THE Awkward Hello

"Awkward Hello" 💛 — an original song & love story Some love stories start with a grand gesture. Ours started with a dropped pen. 8 AM, Intro Psych, three hundred students — and one very late, very clumsy freshman named Marcus, who trips his way down the aisle, bumps into a boy with the brightest hazel eyes, and pulls off the most awkward hello of his life. Three years later, that boy (Eli) is asleep on their couch in Marcus's old hoodie… and Marcus wouldn't change a single stumbling second of it. 8 AM on a Monday, coffee in a paper cup Three hundred kids in Intro Psych, I wasn't looking up Squeezing down the middle aisle, running ten minutes late I turned around to find a seat and sealed my fate I hit your shoulder, you dropped your pen And that's exactly where the story began I said "I'm sorry," you said "No sweat" The brightest hazel eyes, I won't forget I tried to play it cool but I lost my nerve Just a deer in the headlights, caught in the swerve Oh, it was the most awkward hello Tripping on my shoelaces, putting on a show Two left feet and a stuttering start Stumbling my way right into your heart Yeah, we laugh about it now when the lights are low Thank God for that awkward hello We both reached down for the notebook on the floor I bumped your head and I apologized some more You let out a laugh, told me to take a breath I sat in the chair beside you, scared to death Spent the next hour pretending to take notes While my stomach did flips and my brain was afloat I said "Excuse me," you said "It's fine" Who knew that clumsy moment was a starting line? I tried to play it cool but I lost my nerve Just a deer in the headlights, caught in the swerve Oh, it was the most awkward hello Tripping on my shoelaces, putting on a show Two left feet and a stuttering start Stumbling my way right into your heart Yeah, we laugh about it now when the lights are low Thank God for that awkward hello Now it's three years later, you're asleep on the couch Wearing my sweater, in our messy little house It's crazy to think of the boy that I was then Spilling my coffee and dropping my pen If I had a time machine, I wouldn't change a thing I'd go back to the lecture hall and do it all again Because of the most awkward hello! Tripping on my shoelaces, putting on a show Two left feet and a stuttering start Stumbling my way right into your heart Yeah, we laugh about it now when the lights are low Thank God for that awkward hello Yeah, I'm glad I didn't say it right Glad I was a mess that day Stumbling over every word Just to hear you say... hello