The Girl: I Hardly Noticed

I hardly noticed her; I hardly noticed her at all.

Chapter One

The Girl

By M.E.Lyle

It was a long time ago, if my memory serves me correctly, when I first didn't see her. My memory, not being what it used to be, I couldn't be sure.

Zipping down the street on my little Honda, I hardly noticed her that day.

I caught a fuzzy glimpse of something, but I'm not sure.

She walked along the tree lined, shaded, paved sidewalk.

She saw me and gave a wave. I failed to respond back.

To be perfectly certain, I'm not so sure I actually saw her, you know, really, actually saw...saw her.

I did see something, however, but I wasn't sure it was a girl.

She smiled; waiting for me to wave back.

I suppose, through common courteousness, should have.

She was kinda' funny looking, in a funny kinda' way.

Her hair was as red as red can be.

She had it cut short, so short she looked more like a boy than a girl.

I probably would have mistaken her for a boy if I hadn’t noticed her other feminine like features, which, by the way, were only slightly discernible.

A person had to look real hard to tell the difference.

How was I to know? If you remember correctly, I said, I hardly noticed.

Her face was covered with a multitude of freckles. They were real cute.

She looked at me through crystalline blue eyes that seemed to brighten the cloudy skies, but I hardly noticed...you know.

At this point you can probably tell, I've hardly noticed much.

I probably should have stopped and introduced myself, but I'm a bit of an introvert, so I passed on the opportunity. She might be something evil or monstrous. She might lash out and snatch out my brains. Who knew?

I zipped down the street on my little Honda and left the whole incident behind me..

Did you know Honda claims you meet the nicest people on a Honda?

This is not a commercial break, and besides, I'm not too sure it's true.

One day I was driving down the highway when some guy tossed a coke bottle at me.

You remember the old Coca Cola slogan, "It's the real thing," well, it was.

I don't think this met Cokes bottle return policy at the time.

And those nice people Honda was talking about...I don't think this guy was one of them..

There's one smart a*s in every apple bushel, so I've heard.

Anyway, I escaped the incident unharmed.

Today I was meeting my buddies at the local Dairy Queen. We had much to discuss, mostly about girls.

I never mentioned the funny looking girl, as I've already mentioned on numerous occasions, I hardly noticed her, and practically had forgotten about her already.

Gosh she was cute though.

Author's Note

Reviews

[Cory Barrett]

Gosh this is real good. I feal like I'm reading my own thoughts. Mixed and muddled but perfectly clear. Thanknyou for sharing

[Larry Dyson]

hmm really like it but cant find the utube link?..can you post it here?