We sit in a booth in a busy fast food restaurant, I'm sure you know the type, cheap food, cheap dΓ©cor and full of screaming children, rowdy teenagers and drunken tramps all thrown in together.
The booth is on the back wall, two padded bench seats facing each other and a table in the middle. We share a bench, you leaning up against the wall and me on your right, my head resting on your shoulder. On the table is the remnants of your food and my half drunk coffee, neither of us particularly hungry but needing an excuse to get out of the rain.
Behind us in the corner booth is an old man who's probably been nursing his tea for the best part of an hour, I guess he's a tramp from the look of his clothes, but looks can be deceiving and I don't blame anyone for not wanting to go out in this weather. I can see several people eyeing his table covetously as they stand or perch on bar stools, tables are a rarity today and we were lucky to get ours. I see their looks flick over to our table as well, wondering when we'll leave and I catch an eye and glare, repeating it until they look away, embarrassed at being caught staring.
In front of us is a rather large lady, sitting with her back to us and concentrating on her meal. Her arms are stretched out around the tray as if she's afraid someone will come and snatch it away and her hands are swiftly shovelling what passes for food into her fleshy mouth, every now and again glancing around her nervously. People are strange sometimes.
I finish taking my inventory of the room and lift my head to look at you, tipping my mouth up for a quick kiss. I mention my observations about the other inmates of this madhouse and you laugh, for some unknown reason you find me witty and amusing, go figure eh?
You casually rest your hand on my knee as I'm talking, rubbing your thumb back and forth gently over the sensitive skin on the side of my leg, exposed by the shortness of my skirt, and I lean my head on your shoulder, closing my eyes and enjoying this rare moment of closeness we've managed to steal in the midst of all this chaos.