Welcome to the A to Z Challenge! I am excited to share with you some meet cutes (and maybe some sexy scenes) throughout the month of April! Richard is going to be chiming in with a few of his characters from his Hallmark story, too! Here is the next installment, but stay tuned every day (except Sundays) this month for a short scene! Like and comment, and maybe I’ll continue the more popular stories in May!
– Jayden
I am only 30 years old, and my hair is falling out. I’m not sick. I’m not doing chemotherapy. I’m just a woman with unfortunate thinning hair. I’ve been mostly successful hiding it under hats or styling my hair, so it’s not obvious, but there’s only so much that can do for me. I went to the doctor, and she recommended some vitamins. So there I was, at the drug store, looking at a long aisle of pills, trying to find the one I needed.
“Can I help you find something?” a young employee asked.
It was nice of him to ask, but I was too embarrassed. So instead of saying yes like a reasonable person, I said, “No, thanks. I’m good.” He walked away, and I breathed a sigh of relief. I continued my hunt down the row of bottles. The vitamins were (at least roughly) in alphabetical order. This shouldn’t be so hard!
I decided to take a lap around the store to give myself a mental break, and then I came upon another person. Nervous as I was, this was a man I wanted to talk to. I tried to get a glimpse of myself in a mirror of some kind to see how my hair looked, but I couldn’t. I just had to hope it was okay.
I didn’t pay attention to what he was looking at. I just wandered over next to him and pretended to look at the shelf, but really, I was trying to look at him.
“Can I help you?” he asked.
My mind blanked.
“Uhh, just looking.”
“At the male pattern baldness section?” he asked, incredulous.
Oh shit. Well, “Yeah, actually.”
I turned my focus to the products in front of us, and lo and behold, there was the one I had been looking for all along. I picked it up off the shelf and flipped it over, glancing over the details on the back. And with a confidence I didn’t feel, I walked away, and hoped that he would follow me.
Check out what’s going on with other A to Z Bloggers on the Master List, and come back all month long! Leave us a comment if you’re participating, and I promise to visit your blogs, too!
J R Vincente 