11 – INFATUATION

Mark's first crush is on a girl named Amy Blue Eyes (well, that's what he dubbed her).

She's quite pretty really, in a way that only kindergarten girls can be. He likes her black pigtails best, but her button nose is cute too. For that matter, so are her big blue eyes and that checked dress she's wearing that falls just below her knees.

They're at the supermarket when they first meet, two five year-olds, bustling down the aisles, grabbing groceries for over-worked mums. It's over the last box of Lucky Charms that their eyes met, ocean blue and chocolate brown.

She giggles, and Mark's surprised when music doesn't start playing, after all, that's what happens on Saturday morning Disney. But it's beautiful none the less, with that rosy red spreading across her plump little cheeks.

"'m Amy." She says, clutching the box of lucky charms close to her chest.

"M-Mark." He replies, and suddenly his face feels really, extremely hot.

Again she giggles, this time he laughs too, and before they know it they're clutching chubby fingers together.

Jill storms down the aisle, lightening cloud of worry and destruction hovering over her head.

"Mark! Hurry up! Daddy just called, Randy had an asthma attack, we have to get to the hospital."

She picks him up, quick and easy, his sweaty fingers ripped away from hers. Amy tears up, but waves a solemn goodbye.

It takes a trip to McDonald's on the way to the hospital to get him to stop crying.

And he never saw Amy again…

Stupid Randy.


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