30 November 2008

wheee! from london [part twenty-one and a half]

hello. are these half episodes getting ridiculous? maybe. but i just have this one thing to tell you. my most fun london experience happened to me today. it was so sweet. my friend bahbak and i were hanging about the house, we were waiting to go to lunch with some [of my] friends. bahbak had his bike with him and told me i should get on the front and he will pedal the both of us to lunch. really? we were going up the street to arnold circus to a kitchen that makes the best hot chocolate on this side of the sea and the most perfect fried eggs with sage, about a ten minute ride away. i am feeling a bit nervous but he urges me on with a series of playful nudges. ok! i am sitting like a lady in the space behind the handlebars but in front of the seat. bahbak is behind me, his arms are squishing me into place. we take off, cold wind in our hair, i am squealing like a kid. i feel so free! we zigzag through lazy sunday afternoon traffic, praying for green lights all the way, and i am begging god for no mishaps, hoping my shoes do not fly off. as he pedals, our thighs brush, our warm cheeks are touching and his beard is scratchy. it was so romantic. we could tell people waiting at the bus stops [along the way] were jealous, they all wanted to be us.

sigh.

love
o

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