Cute and sweet. I loved the description of the girl at work, the object of his crush. Written like someone who has worked in customer service or sales. I also liked the ‘passing of ships’ sort of feel to his interaction with his dad.

I enjoyed your addition to this series, and as I finished my comment I happened to look at your tags. It struck me as a funny challenge to start an entirely different story with identical tags. That doesn’t make it a sequel, but I figured I’d mention to you in order to give proper credit where credit is due.

The story’s title is ‘Waiting for the Right Time’.

Good idea, now that you mention it looking at the tags does invoke some creative thought!

Both a good story on its own, and a great idea with the tags. Has anyone created a challenge like that yet?
You may want to change the word to “condensing” in the first paragraph.