“She’s saying: ‘I am food up eight put your doos on,’” I shouted back.
He laughed and, through the green, red, and purple lasers, I considered him for a moment. He was tall enough that he had to stoop to avoid the low-hanging beams of the ceiling, and was dressed nicely. Still, I turned away from him, because spending the whole night asking what he did for work, how he knew the people whose party it was, and where he’s from would never have been as fun as being with my friends.
I’ve held on to the idea of him, though. I do that more with men like him now, rather than those I do date. They’re proof that being single is something I’ve chosen; that I have a say in it.
Is it okay to let myself believe that “the one” will happen at some point? To imagine myself meeting him at a party and then, weeks later, him giving a big speech about how he’s never felt like this about anyone before? Is it okay to imagine us on holidays and bored on Sundays and taking him to my parents’ house where Mum and Dad will show him that picture of me with my hair scraped back into lots of colored baubles and beads because, as they say, I’ve always been into playing with my appearance? Or will that just leave me sadder when my life doesn’t pan out that way? What dream can I put there instead?
I went to Greece on my own this summer. At first, a lot of things went wrong. I missed the ferry from Athens to Hydra, so had to sit in the port for five hours with nothing but a few dry rolls of bread I took from the breakfast buffet to eat. I felt like I was getting cystitis and, in an effort to stave it off, I drank so much water my tummy started to feel like a pool inflatable. Ants crawled into the big straw beach bag I’d brought and were running all through my books and my chargers. I had to smush their small bodies against the pavement one by one. It was bad.
A few moments later, having rushed to the bathroom, I bumped into a man cleaning it. He asked my name and then sung it into the top of his mop as though it was a microphone. He cheered me up and, in my better mood, I realized that I didn’t mind so much that things were going wrong, because no one else was suffering for my mistakes or telling me that I needed to become more organized. And when I finally got to the island I felt even better, because I’d managed it all on my own. I ate nectarines until juice dribbled down my wrist and I swam in water so clear I could see fish winding in and out between my feet. I was so pleased with myself.
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