Three seconds

It was a crowded room. Melody was in a middle of a lengthy discussion with a group of people from her philosophy 101 class. She gave her two cents' worth and listened as the others rattled on and on, about Socrates' idea of reality being shadows of the human's ideal form, of Plato's dialogues. Melody thought the discussion would never end. It was Lucas' turn to speak. She did not know him well and had spoken about five sentences to him over the semester, mostly about the weather. 

"What I love most about Socrates is his humility. The knowledge that what we humans know is truly limited. Remember the quote: "She who knows she knows nothing is the wisest"? That was what got me interested in philosophy."

Melody felt a strange pricking sensation in her neck when she heard his soft but firm voice. She lifted her head and glanced over at the source of the voice . Lucas' and Melody's eyes met for three seconds. In that three seconds, Melody felt as if she was in a bubble and that it was just her and Lucas trapped inside that little sphere. She couldn't hear the chatter going on around them and time stood still. It was then that she felt that her world was about to change. She had gazed into the soul of Lucas Matheson and she saw that his soul was kind and humble. And it was that three second gaze that had Melody changing her life course and trailing desperately behind Lucas. 

Melody was about to trade her entire life for that three seconds.

Whether Lucas had too glimpsed into Melody's soul was an unknown. A secret that Melody would perhaps never know.