Smile

He only ever had eyes for her.

She was unaware of him staring at her across the breakfast table; just watching her. It had always been that way. Ever since that evening at his friends birthday party, all that long time ago. Was it his eighteenth? He couldn’t remember. He could remember her arriving that evening, unaccompanied. My word, she was lovely! She was more than just pretty, but radiated a loveliness that had him staring at her from across the room. The thrill of that moment when she became aware of his attention and smiled back. That was it, the moment she looked across and smiled. He knew in that moment that his life was about to change…

She looked up and he snapped out of it. She smiled that same smile. “Is everything all right, dear?”

Momentarily, his eyes glazed over.

In that moment, thoughts began to tumble through his head. The kids are gone now. It’s just them. Two pensioners trying to make ends meet. Her snoring that has never let up. Her pills: the daily ritual of counting them all out. Her overprotectiveness and showing so much affection for her toy poodle. Her taking so long in the bathroom…

“What’s wrong, dear?”

“Oh! Nothing. Just a bit slow waking up. Would you like another tea.”

There was that smile again. “Yes, please.”

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