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Marriage Is Made Up Of Compromises, Kylee
“So, you’re a paramedic,” Suit Guy said as I tried to choose between a generic brand name washing powder and a popular, more expensive one.
I looked down at my uniform and realised it was the first time he’d seen me in it.
“How did you guess?” I asked, smiling.
“Always did like a woman in uniform.”
“I think that’s meant to be my line,” I said. “Except, you know, about it being a man.”
Suit Guy laughed.
“Can’t be easy,” he said, grabbing the popular brand of washing powder and placing it in his basket.
“What can’t be? Admitting my sexual preference?”
He smiled. His eyes sparkled.
“No. I’m fairly certain I can tell what that is.”
I arched my brow at him.
“The job,” he explained, still smiling. “Saving lives.”
I turned away, placing the generic brand of washing powder in my trolley.People always assumed that we saved lives every single day. Our job wasn’t that heroic. Or horrific.
Then why couldn’t I stop the dreams?
“It must be lonely,” Suit Guy said, walking briskly to catch up to me.
“Lonely?” I asked, despite myself.
“Yes,” he said. “Lonely. It’s not like you can discuss what you see at the dinner table at night.”
I paused at the end of the aisle and stared at nothing.
“You’re right,” I said, surprised a stranger could understand my life so accurately. Even if he’d seen my reality from a different angle than the truth.
“I’m always right,” he said, offering me a wink and moving away.
He turned back to look at me, walking backwards. Supermarket employees skirted him; customers avoided him.
I couldn’t look away.
“See you around, Trolley Girl,” he said and waved.
* * *
“Idon’t like this yoghurt,” Sean said, picking up the yoghurt I’d purchased just yesterday.
“I like it,” I said.
“You should get the other one; it’s healthier.”
“This one has added calcium.”
