An Avril Lavigne Video Made Me Cry
It wasn’t that he was necessarily cute–it was merely the fact that he had “Wear What You Want” written in large letters across his back window. I couldn’t tell if it was a decal or if he had written it with shoe polish (it comes off easily with toilet paper, most high school students and wedding parties find out), but the design was nice; and it got your attention.
I passed him first on the left and glanced over to see what kind of person would have such a thing written on the window of his Hyundai. He was wearing a yellow and green striped t-shirt, and I assumed that it was what he wanted to wear. I was still laughing from seeing the words, thus he probably thought I was smiling at him. Oh well, I thought. It’s nice to smile at people, especially on a Friday evening while traveling into Alton, Illinois.
Soon enough he pulled up behind me, also wanting to pass. I moved over and he took his time to pass me but smiling when he did. He didn’t smile AT me, he was only smiling. He glanced in his side mirrors to see if I was close behind, and we both turned left off the bridge. Even though he was a couple cars back, he kept an eye on mine, and, when I turned up Henry Hill, I looked in my rearview to see if he turned too. He didn’t; but he looked up the hill as he drove by.
Now, some would say this is flirting. Was it? Was sharing a mutual appreciation flirting? Was it a missed opportunity? Was it something he’s still thinking about as well?
I was amused by the writing on the window, and I’m assuming he was amused by that amusement. Those 81/2 minutes I drove next to this guy set the mood for the entire night, however, if not the weekend. He didn’t change my life by any means, it’s just that I don’t often feel that carefree on a roadway…especially while driving into Alton on a Friday evening.
