Thoughts That Count

Episode 1 Part 1

Ezra

Summer was nearing an end. I was sitting alone at the Hollis campus bar with a drink and a book in one of the last afternoon's of the summer. In just a week I would be starting my new job. It was amazing how fast four years could go by.

"Can I get a cheeseburger please?" A girl a few seats down from me at the bar requested.

"You got it," The bartender replied.

I glanced over at her to see her staring off into space. She seemed... sad? Distracted. I wasn't sure.

"You alright down there," I asked.

The girl glanced up at me for a moment, then back down at her water, then smiled just a bit, "I'm a bit jet lagged. I just got back from Europe."

"Where in Europe?" I inquired.

"Iceland," She nodded, not seeming to completely open up to the conversation.

I kept talking hoping to change that, "I spent some time in Rynkiviok, before I went to Amsterdam. Its a great city," I said with a little smile.

She smiled just a little and licked her lips turning to face me a bit more, "So do you go to Hollis?"

I was glad to see her finally joining the conversation, "just graduated,' I nodded, "I'm gonna start my first teaching job," I enthused over this. I was excited, and excited to be telling someone.

She smiled, "Yeah, I-I think I'd like to teach," she paused, then tipped her head back a bit, "God, I love this song," I smiled at the sight. She was beautiful with her gently curled long dark hair tipping down her back.

"B-26?" I asked. It was my fovorite letter number combination. I thought it was beautiful. It was also the page in the Hollis english book with my favorite entry on it. It was also my favorite song. I wondered if knowing the song playing now, she'd recognize it. She just turned back to me and stare without and answer. I felt awkward and decided to ask a different question, "What's your major?"

The smile returned to her face as she answered, "Uh... Well I'm leaning toward English," She sounded excited.

I smiled bigger, "That's what I'm teaching."

She laughed a little, "Well and I write too, but so far its mostly personal. Just for me," She nodded.

I didn't understand how I'd become so sucked in to this conversation with this girl I barely knew, but it felt good. Everything she said made me smile, "I'm impressed."

"Why?" She seemed generally confused, and honestly I felt like a bit of an idiot for saying it. I was, but I was also flirting, again, with this girl I barely knew.

"Well, I tried writing," I said getting up and moving into the chair next to her, "I didn't get very far. You're lucky. If your writing for yourself, its true passion," I paused, looking down, then meeting her eyes, "maybe you'd let me read some of yours?"

"Yeah, you'd really want to?" The way her dark brown eyes sparkled when I asked her mesmerized me.

"Yeah! You're smart, you've traveled, great taste in music," I gestured towards the speakers with my eyes, "I'd like to know more about you," I got lost further in her eyes as I searched them.

"Yeah, I- I'd like to know more about you too," She smiled.

Our beyes locked, I was overcome. I leaned down slowly and kissed her. And she wasn't hesitant; she kissed me back. I pulled back to look in her eyes, then kissed her again deeper.

She pushed me away a bit after a minute, "We shouldn't do this... here."

I smiled at her and slid off my chair, offering her my hand. She took it and I led her into the girls bathroom.

The second the door was shut, I was kissing her again. We took a few steps back til I could feel her back into the counter We parted for a second and I hoisted her up onto the counter. My hands moved from her thighs to her waist and I pulled her closer. She pulled back for a moment and smiled at me, shaking her head at me. I smiled back, and she leaned in and pecked me on the lips, then pulled me back to her. It was the most intense kiss I'd ever had. And this girl she was... amazing...