I was working out in my school gym and noticed his girl. She stood out and we even exchanged a couple of glances at each other. I didn't really think to much into it and I continued my workout. I hadn't worked out in over 3 months so this workout just went terrible. I was in the washroom for an hour (or so it seemed) throwing up. So now, I'm all roughed up and ready to head back home, and I get on the bus. Guess who gets on? This girl. She looks at me but with me having a bad night and the bus being crowded as hell I don't bother. Few minutes later she's sitting diagonally in front of me, her back facing me, and then she just turns and looks directly at me. So now my head starts running... No girl would do they if they weren't at least a bit intrigued. So even though I was not feeling it (a common excuse I and other guys come up with to not approach) AND the bus is crowed af (another excuse guys don't approach), I got up and went to sit at a vacant seat in front of her. I turned around and was like "hey, are you that girl I saw in the gym?" And then I introduced my self. And fellas, let me tell you, I was no longer feeling bad from the workout, no longer cared who was listening in/judging my interaction, I was just happy to be there conversing with this girl who also was super excited that I had opened her. Now a week and a half later, we have gone on multiple dates and everything seems to be going swell.

What to take from this: Notice the IOI's (girl looks at you), don't care about how bad your day was (be in the moment) and don't let random strangers around you be the reason you didn't approach a girl. So worth it.