From my 2008 travelogue to the "dark" continent!
As she got on the plane, she gave me one of those smiles. A smile makes you tingly all over. Fries your neural circuitry. Makes your heart go "thud" for a moment. God gave that woman a smile that tasered people into utter confusion.
Sitting in first class, 2C, to be precise on Virgin jet, I was just about ready to say goodbye to the real world for a couple of days. The plane had been fashionably late. When I asked a member of the air crew why Virgin was always late. He smiled, and then retorted, "That's because Virgins never come, Sir!"
An airline with an attitude. This is what America needs. As the gate closed, one of the flight crew brought that girl with the lethal smile over to first class. You can have 2D, the flight attendant cooed. This time I would return her smile, but her eyes got me this time.
As we glanced at each other, our eyes made contact. She had the look. The look that makes a second seem like eternity. The look that makes you want to never stop looking.
I went back to my movie. I was watching Sex and Lucia. An art film recommended by a friend. Little did I know what I was getting into.
"I like that movie. Pretty intense!"
We introduced ourselves. Her name was Zelda, short for Esmerelda.
"So you're Spanish, like the actress in this movie?"
NO! I am Mexican. Spanish girls fuck with their breasts, Mexican girls, we fuck with our hips. Can't you tell.
She was forward. I was on the back foot and laughed off my lack of a comeback. She made my long haul flight go by very quickly, not to mention I have a new appreciation for Mexican women.
