Drops and Puddles of Memories

Thanksgiving

My body started shifting when the car pulled over and entered the parking lot. The noisy engines and traffic changed to this subtle rhythmic sounds of waves. Wait, waves? Opened my eyes to see nothing but a field vision of clear skies in a metal box.

"Aren't you getting off?", he asked as he's seeing me sitting still at the passenger seat. I was the last one to come out as the rest of us were already out, stretching their muscles after being in the car for almost an hour. Especially our driver for this short trip. Yes, it was Thanksgiving weekend which also means Black Friday weekend. People (public and some of us) went crazy because you could find people be lining up since 3 in the morning even before the stores could open, just for them to grab the crazy good deals for their families and friends, or maybe just to resell for business.

Ok, I didn't know Delaware has beach, a nice one at that.

Inhaling all the salty breeze as I walked closer to the shoreline and I heard footsteps following me behind. "I think it would be a good portrait here", he said. I turned around and asked, "Do you want one?". He held out his phone.

1, 2, 3. Snapped a few ones and handed it back to him. "I think they came out surprisingly nice because the ocean makes the background looks pretty, don't you think so?". He nodded and flipped his back camera towards me. "Are you taking-" heard the clicking sounds when I about to ask. Jeez, he never counts. Though, I kept smiling and made a peace sign. "Pretty" he looked at me while his tall and slender body approached me with his long veiny hand stretched out to give his phone. The temperature of my body started to rise up which was weird because my eyes was watery due to the wind.

My eyes just locked onto the screen, trying to separate and delete the shaky one which mostly because the subject was moving around so much. Or, maybe I was trying to cooldown my body temperature. "Did you find anything interesting at the outlet?", he broke the silence while obediently waiting for my feedback on his photography skills. "Yeah, got some clothes and shoes from Adidas for my parents and brothers. They were so excited when we were video calling to decide which design looks better. Lol. Especially my parents since they are hikers". He nodded, "I think we still have one more stop after this since Casey wants to replace his old phone", we made a quick eye contact when he made that statement and I was about to hand back the phone to him. Feeling flushed and the similar dopamine rushed through my spine, I quickly looked away and responded "Ah, we are dropping by BestBuy?". He nodded again. Why do I find his little Asian gestures so endearing? I nodded back, trying to imitate him and both of us walked back to the car once we saw our friends getting ready for the next journey.