Falling Asleep With Lucia

I first met her when I was only twenty-six. I was in the music store carrying a soccer ball when she crawled in. She was wearing an ivory blazer, which caught my attention right away. It really accentuated her toenail, but I pretended not to notice.

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

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

At the grocery store, I learned that her name was Lucia, and that she was a radiologist. This was fascinating to me, coming from my career as a manicurist.

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