Her face was close to my right shoulder and I smiled as I saw her glance up at me. It was the strange girl who saw me first. I took her other hand and brought them down so that she came closer as she let me move her in a slow circle as the music played. Then at the rear of the canteen, I saw her and my world became completely focused on the laughing girl in a figure-hugging scarlet dress with its daring v neck and slits up to her hips revealing her bare legs. I glanced to my right and looked through the dividing window seeing that no one was taking any notice of us. Not sure. Depends on traffic. “Why?”
Time stood still. Her hair was loose and swirled around her glowing face as she shook her head this way and that to the beat to the music. The last working week before Christmas and not a decoration or tree in sight. Firmer. “Making merry, Mr. The girl glanced at her friend. “Boss.”
I took my drink and we both sat there in an awkward silence. I nodded towards his microphone and he handed it to me as I walked back to where the girl of my dreams was standing waiting.
