Benny plonked himself down on the couch with the plate of rubbery scrambled eggs he'd cooked himself for breakfast. The accident played itself over and over in his head like a video on an endless loop. What an i***t he was for falling off his bike in front of the most beautiful woman in the world. But she had caused it; he was so enchanted by this vision from a Walt Disney movie. And she was just as beautiful on the inside, so kind and caring, offering to bathe his cuts. He would have taken up her offer, just to have a few minutes in her company, if he wasn’t so embarrassed.
Thinking about her now, his heart thumped like a jackhammer and he felt light in the head. He’d heard of love at first sight. Was this it? He’d never been in love, not even with Shona, which he hoped might be love, b
