I was handing her a dollar bill for my candy bar and she caught me sneaking a peek down her blouse. I looked up from a lovely vision of a breast that begged for my hand. It was a young and sweet one, a college freshman with a fine silver cross on a golden chain. Her eyes met mine. "I hope you are having a nice day," she said with a smile.
"Well, yes, yes I am," I replied boldly. "How about you?"
"I'm okay, thanks, this is my first day."
"Yeah, I don't think I've seen you here before. I stop here after lunch for a candy bar just about every day, so I know most of the clerks. How's it going?"
"Good thanks. You like candy a lot, uh?" and she gave me one of those looks that elevates a guys heartbeat real quick... You know some wheels are turning. I may have been caught being nasty, but perhaps the object of my fascination was not exactly pure and chaste in her thoughts.
I just smiled and said, "I'll see you tomorrow."
It had actually been her face that caught my eye; fresh clear, rosey skin, delicate hair falling across her eyes, candy blue eyes that were radiant. Just about every day after lunch I stop by the campus book store and get a candy bar, usually a Snickers with almonds, and I have happy banter with the blue-haired ladies or the occasional slacker student dude who lands a work-study job at the counter. I have never seen this girl before and she was stunning. Standing in line I watched her: graceful, assured movements, cheerful banter with customers, confidence in her voice and actions/ I couldn't help myself. And when she bent over the till to get my change and her red buttoned blouse under the knitted white vest fell open just enough to catch a tease of the soft flesh of still budding at her breast... a delicate cross on a fine gold chain playing light on the skin. Well, I couldn't help myself.
The next day, I couldn't eat lunch fast enough and thoughts of the girl at the counter occupied my mind more than the fervent political discussions of my colleagues I shared a table with. One of them even called me on my distraction. Delisa, a woman I had had some fun with on occasion in the past, apparently recognized my condition and eyed me with a "what are you up to now" look that I thought had a twinge of jealousy... (Later the colleague, the student and man get together)
Anyway, I made it through the meal without seeming totally spaced out and made my way down to the bookstore. No sign of the girl at the counter. Damn! I shopped around a bit, thinking maybe she was on break or something. Maybe she wasn't working at all today. There was always tomorrow, or the next day... So I bought by Snickers bar left the store. I had just walked out the door of the Student Center when I hear a sweet voice say, "Did you get your candy bar today?" and there she was, smiling.
"Uh, yeah, I did. You have the day off?"