A High-school Experience

A single question.
He muses.
She considers.
We thought.
There’s no answer.
He pales.
She blushes.
We watch, rapt.
You don’t know?
The boy hides.
The girl cries.
We felt for them.
Just say yes!
He leaves.
She grieves.
We disapproved.
Moving on…
He forgets.
She regrets.
We stayed silent. We let them go. We watched them struggle.
…I did nothing.