I enter the fast food restaurant. It is ornate, and it is white. The employees wear white uniforms, identical to that of milkmen in the 1920's, from the paper hats, down to the black, shiny Doc Martens. I am about to order the number three, the hamburger, french fries, and medium drink. I look at the menu, and then look straight ahead. He is right in front of me.
I try to look at him as a stranger, as a mere food service worker whose sole purpose is to take my order and swipe my debit card. But I look into those eyes and realize I cannot do so. Those were the first pair of eyes to look at me, and see me as beautiful. Those were the eyes that looked into mine, while the lips spoke, "I love you". And those were the eyes, that I looked into, when I romantically removed my clothes, for the first time. We were eighteen then, and, after we chose different career paths (he, attending the local fire academy, to become a firefighter, and I, attending college in Seattle, studying to become a nurse), our relationship struck an unresolved ending. We did not speak. We did not write to each other. We had not seen each other since our high school graduation.
Until tonight, one year later.
All of a sudden, the restaurant is empty. It is only me, and it is only him. A thick counter stands between us. This does not stop me from crawling over to him. I am standing in front of him, there is nothing in between us. We look into each others' eyes for about a minute, not knowing what to do, or what to say. I do what my primal instincts tell me to do: I kiss him, as I kissed him many times before.
"What can I get for you today?" he says, standing at the cash register. His coworkers move furiously around him, and a long line of people behind me wait impatiently.