We had this assignment, back in senior year of high school; AP Psychology. We were given a sheet with four(?) images, and we were to write a little blurb for each one - whatever came to mind first. One of the images was of a man sitting at a table, grabbing the arm and attention of a lady. I took it as him being a customer at a coffee shop/restaurant and her as a waitress therein. When this assignment was given, I… didn’t do it.. ..properly. Sometime thereafter though, I randomly came across it again and wrote this little piece:

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In a flash of what he thought was recognition, he took hold of her arm only to realize his mistake too late. Her character was one to to stress the importance of first impressions; though perhaps this time around as she accepted his offers of an apology, she thought they always had the whole rest of their lifetimes to make up for those initial ones.

Twenty-five years later they found themselves in the same setting. This time she sat across from him, hiding a smile behind a cup of coffee. He still couldn’t believe that out of all of life’s silly sayings, it was this one that proved itself true.

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Points to you if you can figure out life’s silly saying.