Leering With Laura

I first met her when I was only twenty-eight. I was in the souvenir shop carrying a fountain pen when she went in. She was wearing a purple Hawaiian shirt, which caught my attention right away. It really accentuated her eye, but I pretended not to notice.

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

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

At the sandwich shop, I learned that her name was Laura, and that she was a wedding planner. This was fascinating to me, coming from my career as a builder.

I guess it was love at first leer. Some might say we had chamber pots in our eyes, but we felt we were perfect for each other. She was ten years older than I, but the age difference didn't matter to us. Even today, we are still leering for each other.