Tales From a Female Traveller

A BRUSH WITH PRINCE CHARMING

When the ball that is commonly know as the 9 to 5er ended thisevening, I stepped into my big steel train carriage and started to make my way home before the pumpkin showed.
I was so engrossed in my Women in the Wild book, reading about a woman with a special bond with seagulls that I hadn't noticed Cute Guys #1 and 2 looking my way.
I smiled within myself and pretended to still be engrossed in my seagul story, occaisionally exchanging smiles with the Cute Guy #1 as though I had only just noticed. The train came into my stop 40 minutes later and my flashy pink heels were beginning to pinch so I was glad to be getting off. Cute Guys #1 and 2 were also getting off and allowed me to exit the carriage first... so.... out I stepped and up the stairs I started, trying to keep some grace about me as I trudged up in my uncomfortable heels. I was doing okay until halfway up I didn't put my foot all the way onto the step, causing my heel to catch on the edge and me to lurch forward and up another few steps, leaving my pink slip-on behind. The crowd of people reacted un-noticingly and kept filing up the stairs and when I turned around to try and retreive my heel, there was Cute Guy #1 already picking it up. I tried to hide the huge grin and my embarressment as I thanked him but then Cute Guy #2 joked how Cute Guy #1 was so much like Prince Charming to which Cute Guy #1 shot back with "Yeah and if this shoe was glass she'd be coming home with
ME instead of you!!" as he placed my pink heel carefully back on my foot. At that point my embarressment waived and I was able to laugh along with them... AND even crack back to them.... "That's true, but I think your wife may have a problem with that."
Yes... I had noticed the wedding ring back on the train during the smile exchange.... so it was such a shame to have to suffer that prince Charming was married already. :)

posted by Lucyspeak @ 8:45 pm