misery loves company
As she exits her car and crosses the carpark, she scans the area for someone she knows. She feels awkward, it’s been 10 long years. Are people the same as they were in high school? Does that guy still have a crush on her and will he be here tonight? She tries to predict how the night will play out and is already questioning whether if this may be mistake.
She heads straight to the bar, weaving through a crowd of people. She hopes no one will notice her but also hopes some will. She hasn’t changed much of her looks so she should be easy to recognize. She’s been spotted. It’s one of her close girlfriends from school that she hasn’t spoken to in years. She’s married now with another child on the way yet she still has a glass of wine in her hand. There must be some truth in the saying “some people never change”.
The conversation dulls and she needs an excuse to withdraw. She politely excuses herself as she spots the person that she was hoping would be here. He’s still as handsome as she remembers and the suit he’s wearing transforms the boy in her memories into the man that’s before her. He sees her and smiles. It’s not the over-reaction that she was expecting but that fact that he recognizes her is more than enough.
The banter between them is as if they were living 10 years ago. The episode of their lives is picked up exactly where they left it. She even tilts her head back as she laughs at his jokes. Her eyes scan up and down his masculine physique every time he looks away when he pauses. She’s salivating over him and isn’t trying too hard to disguise it. He picks up on her signals but chooses to dismiss them. Maybe she needs to try harder.
All cards are on the table now. She’s had a bit too much wine and is using that as an excuse to fall into his arms. She wants to get a taste of his scent and even a grab of his arms. You can tell by the look on his face he’s feeling a bit uncomfortable. She’s an attractive woman but this isn’t a place he’d like to be.
Before she gets a chance to stumble again his phone rings in his pocket. “It’s my wife” he says, “I’m going to have to take this”. She feels herself suddenly sober up and her heart sink to her stomach. She breathes sharply in through her nose and her jaw clenches tight. What she feared would happen tonight has just happened. She’ll be leaving the reunion exactly how she arrived. Alone.
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