(Level 3, 2 hours) During a school play rehearsal (she’s Juliet, he’s Tree #2), she improvises a line: “Oh, Tree, how I adore thy bark.” He tells his friends they’re practically engaged. She doesn’t remember saying it.
(Level 2 → Level 0) A one-week summer camp romance: kayaking, ghost stories, a single cheek kiss. On the last day, she says, “See you around.” He waits by the phone for three months. She never calls.
(Level 4, 18 days) She holds his hand in the hallway. He stops breathing. They “go out” for 18 days—which means passing notes and standing near each other at lunch. She breaks up with him via a friend: “You’re too intense about the notebooks.”