Once upon a time, I was sitting in on a park bench, gazing blankly at nothing, (even though, everything was beautiful, it was autumn, the leaves were falling down in shades of brown and yellow, and they were many; many shades and many leaves, of course). I was just thinking what i was feeling, and I was feeling very sad. Very sad, indeed, and all this sadness came, of course, from the fact that I was, of course, feeling very lonely, and very lonely I was as I've always been. The main problem was not feeling lonely, after all, I kinda got used to it; actually, the problem was thinking about my loneliness. I only felt lonely when I thought about being lonely and all of its implications. And this was a particular day for one to think about oneness loneliness (because it was autumn and, you know, the leaves were falling and everything was either brown or yellow).
Anyways, there I was, a lonely fellow who could not hide this fact, wearing blue jeans and a white t-shirt and wearing glasses. I'm what you may call a geek and I certainly look like one. So, while I was ruminating my thoughts, a beautiful woman came and sit by my side, and when I say that she's beautiful, I mean she's really beautiful, she could've been a model or Hollywood star, probably the prettiest brunette that ever came to be in this small wicked planet. I looked at her with the corner of my eyes, 'cause you know, that's how I usually look at very attractive women. She smiled at me, so I smiled and showed her my teeth, my nearly flawless teeth, the result of 2 years and a half going to the dentist.
She came to me, laid her soft and beautiful hands on my legs, and I could see that she has painted her nails recently in a warm red, and her fingers were so thin and beautiful...
- Hi! - she said, with a upbeat voice, like a talk show host would say.
- Hi. - I said, shyly, because that's how I say things, specially to beautiful women and she was beyond beautiful.
- Why are you so sad?
- Well, that's because I'm so lonely and I've been thinking too much about my loneliness, you know?
- Oh, poor boy, don't feel like that, I know that God truly loves you and he wants to save you! - she said with all of her heart.
- Well, God doesn't count...
- How so?
- Well, he loves everybody, even a guy like me.
- Well, I guess you're right - she said looking a little dissapointed with this obvious fact, but apparently not that obvious to her ...
- Besides, He wouldn't hug me or kiss me, or laugh of my jokes and listen to my stories; I couldn't lay my head on God's lap when everything else seems so oppressive out there and all I could need is to have someone playing with my hair and just eventually telling me how much I was important, and how much I cared to her, and that I was loved. Man! How I wish I was loved. And of course, she'd have to be beautiful, just like, you know, you...
- Yeah, God's never done that to me... and thank you for your compliment, by the way.
- Hey, I just had the craziest idea, girl!
- What?
- Do you wanna have sex like there was no tomorrow and maybe there's not one, after all.
- Well, I'd love to do that with you, but I can't.
- Why?
- See, I have a boyfriend and we both promised each other to stay virgins until the day we marry, that's why I wear this silver ring, to show the world my commitment to him and to God's wishes.
- Well, you can always stop wearing it or cut your finger off. - I said laughing.
- I've never thought of this either!
And then there we were, taking off our clothes, and kissing each other with passion and desire. (more desire than passion, of course). And I must confess I was very proud of myself for being able to take such a beautiful women to bed, and she was a virgin, I've never had sex with a virgin until then, because, you know, I was a virgin too. So there we were, me and this beautiful lady with nine fingers having the most... (entertaining! good, great word!) the most entertaining time of our up to now short lives as adults who just came out of childhood. We had sex during the whole night, during the morning after, during the afternoon after, during the evening after and she had to go, because, she wasn't meant to stay, I suppose.
- Good bye, beautiful lonely man, I hope you find someone to love you and that you love her back.
- Thank you, 9 fingered lady, I hope you be happy, but why don't you stay, I don't love you yet, but I'm sure I could easily love you and I'm sure that you could love me too.
- I'm flattered, darling, but I really have to, not because I want to, but because I'm supposed to...
- Well, I see... so goodbye then... Can I have a last kiss?
- Sure, darling. - then she kissed me, and her tongue tasted so good and so did her saliva, but just as I was beginning to really get excited with the kiss, she stopped and left me in a cheap hotel room, because, you know, stories like this must have a cheap hotel room.
I saw her leaving the place, and I saw her leaving me. So I did the only think I could do. I came back to my park bench, looking at the brown and yellow leaves and all the people passing by, and none of them care about me, but I couldn't demand that from them, that'd be hypocritical, because, you know, I don't care about them either. And I started to do what I've always thought was my gift: to think the loneliness I've always felt.