Today I was working the lunch shift at TCBY and it was a normal day, no different from any other. It was a standard day, not too busy but not too dead, good flow of customers for the lunch hour.

Then, all of a sudden I saw a Green Toyota RAV4 park into a spot. I was hoping it was another person’s RAV4. But I saw the blue and yellow uniform. I saw her get out. I began to sweat. I was saying to myself “Please don’t come in here, please don’t, I hope you are going to another store in the strip mall”.

But she headed right toward the door. And grabbed the handle. And opened it. And came inside. And saw me. And we locked eyes. Shivers went down my spine. I began to sweat. My heart raced. She continued to make her way toward the counter.

“Hi, eagles!” she said with a small grin. “I didn’t know you worked here now!”.

I didn’t know what to say.

“Yeah, just chillin and servin’ chilled yogurt to chill customers. It’s chill.”.

She smiled and ordered a vanilla bowl. I filled the bowl and she said “Long John Silvers is different without you these days.”

“It was time to move on.” I replied. “I needed a change of scenery. TCBY has been a great change for me. A lot more relaxed. A lot more chill”.

As I rung her up and she paid and was about to make her way to put the toppings on her frozen yogurt, she said “Well it was nice seeing you! Take care.”.

“You too.” I replied.

And that was that. She got her toppings, walked out the door, got in her RAV4, and drove away.

I really didn’t know what to make of it. I left Long John Silvers because I went for broke and could not win over her heart. I have spent the last 2 months of my life in agony trying to get over her. She was truly the love of my life. And I was finally getting over that crest, I felt the worst was behind me and I was finally freeing myself of the bondage of love I had with her.

And then she comes waltzing in to the store.

Should I have tried to rekindle things? Or should I have done what I did and not make anything of it?

I think I made the right choice. I don’t want to go down that road again. I tried, I offered myself to her and she said no.

Anyway, it was an emotional day.