September 02, 2010

Stranger

It was one of those sweltering, hot days in the middle of July when all you can do is dream of the cold winter days that you hated only months earlier. One of those links of london sultry days when you either yearn for a swim in a pool or crave a cool drink. In my case, all my friends who had pools I could invite myself into were away on vacation, and the public pools were out of the question unless I could learn to enjoy suffocating myself in chlorine with hundreds of other delirious people. Instead, I decided to go links of london sweetite to the neighborhood cafe where they sold my favorite dessert, frozen yogurt. Since my parents hadn't given me a car for my sixteenth birthday, the only option I had was to walk. ffice ffice" />

Dragging a friend along, we headed for the ice-cream shop, almost passing out from the burning heat of the angry sun on the way. As we trudged along, my friend links of london jewellery continuously grumbled about the heat and why she had so foolishly decided to come with me on this hair? Brained quest for frozen yogurt. I just shrugged, perspiration dotting my forehead, mumbling.

"We're almost there. Just think of cool air conditioning and the sweet taste of frozen yogurt on your links of london necklace tongue. It'll be worth the walk," I assured her.

I had to admit to myself that the cafe was quite a distance from our house. I was beginning to get extremely thirsty, and my head was links of london bracelet reeling from the smoggy air.

When we were about a block away from the cafe, I noticed her for the first time. She was old, somewhere in her mid? Seventies I guessed. She had this awful arch in her burly shoulders as if she couldn't hold the heavy weight of her large chest. Her curly hair was frizzy from the heat and dyed a horrible links of london greenish? yellow, which was clashing dreadfully with her neon pink shirt. She was struggling, pushing a squeaking grocery cart full of what appeared to be beauty? salon items.

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