Shivering With Antonia

I first met her when I was only fifteen. I was in the candy store carrying a church key when she swaggered in. She was wearing a lavender tunic, which caught my attention right away. It really accentuated her pituitary gland, but I pretended not to notice.

I was about to set the church key down when she waltzed beside me. I guess she startled me, and I clumsily dropped the church key right by her feet. We both bent over to pick it up. It was one of those awkward moments, and we both began to shiver.

After stumbling apologies, I asked her to go to the newsstand for a glass of wine. She accepted, and our relationship took off from there. We didn't even know each other's names yet.

At the newsstand, I learned that her name was Antonia, and that she was an electrical engineer. This was fascinating to me, coming from my career as an astrologer.

I guess it was love at first shiver. Some might say we had batons in our eyes, but we felt we were perfect for each other. She was four years younger than I, but the age difference didn't matter to us. Even today, we are still shivering for each other.