DAY TWENTY-ONE
JANUARY 21ST 2016
PROMPT: "Smile" [four days]
part 1 of 4
He'd been delayed joining the others for lunch. By the time he'd come to stand in line with his tray, they were already sat around their table, eating and talking. He was advancing when his attention was drawn by the sound of a laugh cutting across the room.
Maya. Whatever she was telling them, it seemed everyone found it funny, none more than her, so animated and alive, and he just smiled. He couldn't help it, but more than that, he couldn't stop or look away. It had taken someone behind him nudging him forward to break the spell, and even so he was stuck moving along with confusion, unsure of what had just happened.
So he'd smiled, so what? He smiled all the time, at any number of things his friends said or did. So why did it feel different now? With her? Now? He went through the motions, getting his lunch before heading to join the table, and as he neared them he was glad he had time to sit and be spoken to before she had a chance to look up and notice he'd arrived. In a second, they were all asking what had taken so long and he could put the rest behind him.
See you tomorrow! - mooners