Veronica had returned to her new favorite spot, the bar where swings accompanied her wine, the one Fiona had first brought her to. She was meeting another close friend, Cece, who was also an actress. Actors were many things but one thing that Veronica especially delighted in was that they always seemed extra tapped in to their emotions, to their self awareness and in Veronica's case in particular, to processessing events quickly.
Cece hadn't seen Veronica in several weeks so there was quite a bit to catch up on.
That all just sounds so exhausting! Cece declared falling back in her swing chair. My life just seems so boring compared to that!
Veronica laughed at Cece's dramatics, though saying everything aloud in a row like that did bring to light the intensity of all that had transpired.
Sometimes Veronica herself felt a little hazy about the whole thing.
But one thing they each agreed on was truly anything was possible.
People very often surprised and at the most inopportune moments.
Timing and Fate didn't always see eye to eye and with our inability to cease sticking our hands into things we often gummed up the works.
But that always made the story more interesting.
And Veronica loved stories with surprising twists.
After a few hours of wine and secret swapping a band set up to play. There were three guys and suddenly Veronica remembered months ago hearing a similar band and being unable to take her eyes off the drummer. It really wasn't that long ago and yet it felt like a life time. Back when it overwhelmed that he even delighted to see her. Time was many things not the least of which was irrelevant. She hadn't told him she was going, in fact she had said she wasn't going to make it but she showed up minutes before his band was going to play to surprise him. He was so excited to see her he'd jumped up and given her a big hug and then sought to get her a drink right away. She remembered how radiant she'd felt that night, nervous but calm. And Veronica liked that unlike many shadows in her past she was able to reflect on one with such pleasant appreciation.
Maybe its briefness was why it left room for smiles of longing, Veronica thought aloud to Cece.
Yeah, maybe, Cece agreed. It's hard for me to understand such short relationships because my guy and I have been together for four and a half years.
Veronica breathed in a sigh of contemplation.
What a long time, she thought. Love is certainly very inconsistent when it chooses its times.
But unpredictability seemed to be Veronica's speciality.
And that's why driving there and even driving home she couldn't wipe that stupid grin off her face.
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