Elaine & Me

"This looks promising," said my brother. "The brunette looks an absolute stunner."

"The blonde doesn't look bad either," I said checking over my shoulder and smiling just to make sure that they weren't running out the door.

We were eventually served and returned with my brother taking the seat nearest the brunette while I sat beside the blonde. At first it looked like my younger brother and the brunette had hit it off, with both chatting away to each other as if they were long lost friends.

Perhaps the long days and nights stuck in front of the books were having an effect on me as I struggled to find the right words to say. I made a general enquiry about her interests and hobbies but she seemed too reserved to let me know what they were.

I decided that tack wasn't working and decided to just talk about myself. I introduced myself as John Smith and mentioned my studies and upcoming exams and my sudden need to relax after weeks and weeks of continuous hard work.

"What do you study?" She eventually asked shyly.

"Physics," I said proudly. "The study of everything in the universe."

"Why Physics?" Was her short reply.

"Because I always been interested in how things work and how they relate to each other. However all this studying has left me a bit weak at relating to other people and I intend to rectify that after my exams," I declared.

"What do you intend to do?" She responded politely with another question.

"Well I also want to see a bit of the world before I settle down. However I need to get some money together for that, because my university education has been really expensive. What do you do?" I asked quickly changing the subject back to my pretty partner. While she thought about her response I quickly absorbed her features.

She had beautiful big blue eyes with long lashes and blonde shoulder length hair with no sign of any dark roots showing through. Her tapered and carefully arched eyebrows were also fair which seemed to indicate that her hair colour was natural. Her voice though soft had a husky low tone.