Love Story

They went out drinking together. They’d done that before. The result of the their latest adventure was the same. They slept together.

He sits alone in the dark several days later watching the baseball game. The only light is the glow of the TV. He thinks of her. He loves her. That does not matter, for he will not call her.

She lives nearby. She talks to a good friend on the telephone. She does not mention him even though he is all she’s thought about the past several days. She wanted him to call, but he didn’t. She wanted to call him, but felt she couldn’t.

There are as many mistakes in love as there are people on earth.