It was a hot summer day in August of 1999. He had just finished up a two month summer internship to fulfill the final requirements of his degree. With no prospects for job interviews he went back to the grocery store deli that he had worked at through his college career. With the internship over he was hoping to make his way back on the schedule to plod along until something in his field presented itself.
He made his way into the store and was standing at the end of the case making casual conversation with Jill, a fellow employee, when he first spotted her. She must have been hired while he was away, because he had never seen her before. She was short, with short light brown hair, pretty face, beautiful deep brown eyes and curves that filled out her uniform in all of the right places. She was busy preparing a platter of a pasta salad, so he leaned into Jill and asked who she was. Jill said that her name was Lauren, she was indeed new and then called her down to introduce them.
As Lauren made her way down the case, she stopped just short of them to put the platter she had been working on into the case. As she leaned over the case he snuck another quick peek at her curves. Because she was so short she really had to lean over the counter to place the platter down, and in the process she dipped her shirt into a platter of baked beans that were directly behind the platter she had just placed in. As she stood up, she looked up and said “Aw hell, I just stuck my tits in the baked beans!” The first words he had heard her speak had been a shock to him, it was definitely not what he had expected. It had caught had caught him off-guard but allowed him to be able to tease her and tell her that she couldn’t say “tits” because she was a girl. There was some more banter back and forth and then she went back to work. Jill just looked at him with a knowing smile.
That was it, that was all it took, one conversation and he was hooked. Every week when the new work schedule would come out, he would pore over it to find out what days he would be working with her. On those days he would find any excuse to be close to her and to talk with her. He tried hard to make her smile and laugh. Her laugh was infectious and he couldn’t help smiling and laughing himself. Over the course of a couple of weeks they had developed a connection and she invited him to a party at her apartment. She said that she lived with two male roommates and they were having a party. He said that he would think about it and let her know. Then through the course of the day, he found out that one of her male “roommates” was actually her boyfriend. That news put a whole new twist on things for him. He twisted and turned that thought over and over in his head trying to figure out what to do. Should he back off or should he keep pursuing in hopes she would leave her boyfriend?
Eventually, the cockiness of youth won out and he knew what he had to do. He waited until she took her lunch break, then he took a quick break to go in and sit with her. As he sat there with her he said “I know you have a boyfriend, but I’ll lay the game down flat for you. Within two weeks you’ll be dating me.” She gave him her best not a chance face and told him so too, but as she said it he could already tell he was winning by the sparkle in her eyes and the faintest hint of a smirk on her lips.
The next two weeks he kept up his pursuit as he had been. One night he waited for her to get done with her shift in the parking lot. He was sitting on the tailgate of his pickup truck with his hat on backwards and Biggie Smalls on the radio when she came out. When she walked out and he saw her smile, he knew he had won. She agreed to dump her boyfriend and start dating him.
By the end of the week, she was moving her stuff in with him. She obviously couldn’t stay with her now ex-boyfriend as just roommates, and with no other place to go his place was the only choice. It wasn't an ideal way to start a relationship, but it worked.
It has been twelve and a half years since that initial day standing at the deli counter trying not to stare as she cleaned up the baked beans, but they are still together and going strong.
Some things are just meant to be, like baked beans and tits!!!
He made his way into the store and was standing at the end of the case making casual conversation with Jill, a fellow employee, when he first spotted her. She must have been hired while he was away, because he had never seen her before. She was short, with short light brown hair, pretty face, beautiful deep brown eyes and curves that filled out her uniform in all of the right places. She was busy preparing a platter of a pasta salad, so he leaned into Jill and asked who she was. Jill said that her name was Lauren, she was indeed new and then called her down to introduce them.
As Lauren made her way down the case, she stopped just short of them to put the platter she had been working on into the case. As she leaned over the case he snuck another quick peek at her curves. Because she was so short she really had to lean over the counter to place the platter down, and in the process she dipped her shirt into a platter of baked beans that were directly behind the platter she had just placed in. As she stood up, she looked up and said “Aw hell, I just stuck my tits in the baked beans!” The first words he had heard her speak had been a shock to him, it was definitely not what he had expected. It had caught had caught him off-guard but allowed him to be able to tease her and tell her that she couldn’t say “tits” because she was a girl. There was some more banter back and forth and then she went back to work. Jill just looked at him with a knowing smile.
That was it, that was all it took, one conversation and he was hooked. Every week when the new work schedule would come out, he would pore over it to find out what days he would be working with her. On those days he would find any excuse to be close to her and to talk with her. He tried hard to make her smile and laugh. Her laugh was infectious and he couldn’t help smiling and laughing himself. Over the course of a couple of weeks they had developed a connection and she invited him to a party at her apartment. She said that she lived with two male roommates and they were having a party. He said that he would think about it and let her know. Then through the course of the day, he found out that one of her male “roommates” was actually her boyfriend. That news put a whole new twist on things for him. He twisted and turned that thought over and over in his head trying to figure out what to do. Should he back off or should he keep pursuing in hopes she would leave her boyfriend?
Eventually, the cockiness of youth won out and he knew what he had to do. He waited until she took her lunch break, then he took a quick break to go in and sit with her. As he sat there with her he said “I know you have a boyfriend, but I’ll lay the game down flat for you. Within two weeks you’ll be dating me.” She gave him her best not a chance face and told him so too, but as she said it he could already tell he was winning by the sparkle in her eyes and the faintest hint of a smirk on her lips.
The next two weeks he kept up his pursuit as he had been. One night he waited for her to get done with her shift in the parking lot. He was sitting on the tailgate of his pickup truck with his hat on backwards and Biggie Smalls on the radio when she came out. When she walked out and he saw her smile, he knew he had won. She agreed to dump her boyfriend and start dating him.
By the end of the week, she was moving her stuff in with him. She obviously couldn’t stay with her now ex-boyfriend as just roommates, and with no other place to go his place was the only choice. It wasn't an ideal way to start a relationship, but it worked.
It has been twelve and a half years since that initial day standing at the deli counter trying not to stare as she cleaned up the baked beans, but they are still together and going strong.
Some things are just meant to be, like baked beans and tits!!!
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