I had to rush to get booze for my party. Storming into my local grocery store, I navigated the tornado that was me to the alcohol section. Once there, I brewed and stirred indecisive and in a hurry. Finally, taking a plunge on a bottle of rosé. I grabbed and turned. Right into someone. The bottle became such a burden for my clumsy fingers that it fell and crashed onto the tiles and exploded like a cluster bomb, all over my new trousers I ad bought especially for the party.

“Oh my god!” I exclaimed.

“I’m so sorry!” He apologised.

I looked up and saw equally wet trousers. I scanned further up and observed a fit body behind a tight cotton t-shirt. My eyes landed on his face. A handsome and stubbly guy.

“Hey.” He said. “I live close-by…”

“Don’t worry it!” I cut him short. You’d think I was in a hurry to get somewhere but actually I was just too nervous to speak to him. I picked another bottle and ran out to my return to my party.

***

A couple weeks later, I’m cooking dinner for friends and I’m choosing my vegetables. Getting to the aubergine, I’m gauging the size requirements of my vegetable bake.

“Does size really matter?” A familiar voice interrupted my rough calculations in my head. I turned around and the aubergine hit him right in the face.

“Oh god! I’m sorry.” I exclaimed.

“Usually I would prefer dinner before…” he joked.

It was the hot guy I had bumped into before, literally, and I forced out a coy chuckle, followed by an awkward smile.

“Sorry, I need to…” he points to the aubergine. “judge some myself. And decide which ones will be accepted into my niche group of friends.”

I apologised. And bowed back like a reversing vehicle.

“What’s your name?” He asks.

“J-Josh.” I stutter.

“I’m Sam. I hope to bump into you again.”

I smiled and put the aubergine into my trolley and again rushed away. At the end of the aisle, I turn around and see him weighing the aubergine just as I did. He looks up and starts waving it at me. I laughed and he smiled.

Grocery shopping might have just got a lot more interesting!