During their final year at school they dated.
They got on really well. During the week they often spent time drinking chocolate milkshakes in the café between school and their bus stop. It was sad for both of them when his family moved to another town. She began as a trainee hairdresser while he started studying chemistry in his home town. They kept in touch by email from time to time, but this gradually dropped off.
Five years later, he was back in his old town, where he’d been visiting an old school friend. He was on his way back to the carpark when he saw her coming out of a shop. She looked really surprised to see him. They stood in the street chatting for a while, then checking the time, he said, “I see the café’s still there. Do you fancy a milk shake?”
Her face lit up with a lovely smile. “That would be wonderful,” she said.
