Frank had
planned to meet up with a friend in Purplemere at a restaurant called “La
Florenza” but he cancelled at the eleventh hour.
He had
already booked himself a room at the Lamb and Flag so as he had already made
the journey into town he decided to stick with his plan and make his own
amusement.
He began
with a mediocre meal at the Chicken Shack and then headed towards the Penguin Bar,
where he knew from past experience that he could get a game of darts or pool,
but what he wasn’t expecting to see was a familiar face in the shape of an old
flame.
It happened
when he was halfway down his pint and he had to do a double take when he
spotted her, she had long straight brown hair the last time he’d seen her and
now she had a pixie cut, but her oval face and hazel eyes were unmistakable,
and when they made eye contact he was greeted by a radiant smile.
“Maya? Maya
Green?”
“Frank” she
said as she walked towards him.
“Hello” he
said
“Hi Frank”
she responded blushing slightly
“It’s so
good to see you”
“You look
great” he said “But you always did”
“You
haven’t changed a bit” she remarked “you look the same as you did when we last
said goodbye”
“You never
did phone me” he pointed out
“I didn’t
know what to say,” she said in a coy mousy voice.
““Hi Frank,
we need to talk” would have sufficed” he said
“It wasn’t
that simple” she replied, “And the more time passed by the harder it got”
“I
understand” he said having gone through precisely the same thing himself
“I wish I
had though” she said and looked at her watch “oh God! I have to go”
“Oh, that’s
a shame” he said “Another time maybe”
“Yes maybe”
she retorted “I’ve still got your number, bye”
He watched
her leave and was surprised at how sad that made him feel, and he really hoped
that he would see her again, and she was the only thing he thought about for
the next 15 minutes until his phone rang.
“Frank
Bailey” he said
“Hi Frank,
its Maya, we need to talk” she said, and he drained his glass and stood up.
“Where are
you?”
“I’m
outside” she said and disconnected, so he quickly went to find her.
When he
stepped out into the night air he spotted her immediately standing beneath a
lamp post, where she was looking down and nervously shuffling her feet.
When he
reached her, he lifted her chin, so he could see her eyes, and he noticed a
blush on her cheeks and he smiled at her embarrassment as he towered over her
diminutive figure and then he leant down and kissed her.
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