5.
“...mind the gap between the train and the platform...” it ringed through the train station, as the next every-5-minutes train came running towards us.
Earlier that morning, about 20 minutes before, we started to walk from our hotel to the station, just not at the time it was planned, but instead half an hour later. And talking about discipline, I somehow did it to snap 12 secret pictures of Jack without anyone noticing (at least I hope so), so I was relatively lucky for some time. He looked into my direction from time to time – we waited for the rest of the students – and I did my best to avoid eye contact, afraid of making things more awkward than they have to be.
Like usual, I tried to stay as near as possible, but not too near for anyone to find out my schemes. Well, I don't know if 'scheme' really is the best word, but it isn't something else either, to be honest. Anyway, this distance most was about 2 meters. Trust me, I did the science.
I heard the screeching from the train stopping at our station. I kept glancing at Jack, but just one second seemed to be enough for him to disappear from my sight completely. You didn't had that much time to waist, because the trains stopped for half a minute at max only.
Walking on sidewalks made it a little difficult to keep track of him, but I always found his face (or in this case the back of his head) again. At the train station we went through security and waited on the platform for the next train to arrive in 2 minutes.
“...mind the doors please, mind the doors...” I heard the nice lady warn me again, before I sighed and stepped into the wagon closest to me. What I didn't know at the time of course, that he was looking for me too.
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What does it mean to be in love? Does it have certain requirements? Criteria? What are you supposed to feel if you see that person? Or in my case, when do you know you're in love? Well, you can't really read that in a book. I would read books, if they had all the answers, but they don't. So let's stick with facts for this one.
“Welcome! To the 'Jack the Ripper' tour. I am your guide today and will show you some places his victims were murdered, telling you information about them while doing so. My name is Jonathan, and if you have any questions, feel free to ask!”
So let's start.
“So let's start!”
First fact: falling in love has similar effects to cocaine. Great. Does that explain being away from the person you love too long feels like torture? I wouldn't know exactly. I see him every day of school. Is one day enough? Weekends aren't that torturous to be honest.
“Jack the Ripper was a brutal serial killer, acting in the year of 1888, mostly around the Whitechapel district. The most famous and thought of linked cases where the five murders of Mary Ann Nichols,-”
Second fact: looking at a picture of someone you love relieves the pain. Ok, so I wouldn't agree 100% with that. I have mixed feelings about this, because when I see him, I either get relaxed or the exact opposite. I don't know if that only applies to people in a relationship, who are just anxious to see each other again if they were separated, or to anyone. For me, who never was in a relationship, I can only assume.
“-Annie Chapman,-”
Third fact: people at the same level of attractiveness are more likely to end up together. Wow, thanks science. So my chances are close to zero. You lied to me, romance anime. Hot dudes won't fall for the unpopular 'ugly' one, I feel betrayed. I thought these facts where helping me.
“-Elizabeth Stride,-”
Fourth fact: Thinking of love and sex influences creativity and concrete thinking, respectively. Then why aren't I more creative? I think of sex all the time. Maybe it just needs to be more...
“-Catherine Eddowes-”
Fifth fact: an attractive face is preferred over an attractive body for long-term relationships. So when both is perfect, is there a problem? Except the one that I never will be in a long-term relationship with him.
“-and Mary Jane Kelly.”
Sixth fact: looking into each others' eyes can make strangers fall in love. Oh my god, thanks science, I knew you would help me. So there is a chance if I just look him in the eyes long enough?
“They all had the same kind of wound, a cut throat, which didn't always had to be the death cause, and mutilations in the abdominal area. Some victims also had removed organs, what led many people to believe he was a doctor, having such anatomical and surgical knowledge.”
Though, after researching all of this, I still don't know how I have to feel when in love.
“All these cases were also never solved.”
Or I don't really have to anything. Maybe being in love don't have a straight requirement, a cut form, a thin line – maybe it's a little bit more than that.
“Therefore, many legends surround the famous serial killer, Jack the Ripper.”
Looking into their eyes, feeling happy to love them. Talking to them, knowing why you love them. Feeling them, sensing their warmth and love, maybe even towards you. I think love is more like a big river, who can't be stopped, but still has its own pace, sometimes faster, sometimes slower.
“But this was just a quick summary, now let's start the actual tour, shall we?”
But this was just a quick summary. Love is such a bigger theme, I can't possible cover in any book. As for my question, whereas you want to know when you are in love? Well, maybe you are in love, when you see that person and want to be with them for the rest of your life.
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