Spring Break
'To this day I've never found someone/With eyes as wide as yours'
The Story So Far
Shannon Barry
Issue date: 9/21/06 Section: Opinion
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A woman with side-swept bangs and a pixie cut stands in front of a closed elevator and casually glances at her watch.
While waiting for it to arrive, she rummages around in her suitcase and pulls out a pack of white Tic Tacs.
She empties a couple into her right hand, quickly placing two in her mouth and closing it.
She puts the Tic Tacs away.
She grins and her cheeks turn as pink as her salmon sweater.
Music begins to play and she reopens her mouth, a Tic Tac placed on each side of her tongue.
The elevator door opens, and a clean-cut 25-year-old employee wearing a light blue shirt is holding a manila envelope.
He is instantly caught off-guard, yet intrigued.
He can't help but stare at this blue-eyed beauty with amazement.
She bounces one Tic Tac to the other side of her tongue while simultaneously doing that to the other one.
Her eyes look from side to the other and back again while performing this juggling act.
Suddenly, she bounces both the mints above her tongue, tilts her head back and opens her mouth wide.
They fall inside and she closes her mouth.
She calmly walks inside the elevator as the employee stares at her in wonder.
"Entertain your mouth with a refreshing Tic Tac," the announcer says.
Casey, sitting opposite the old man on the train, tries to contain herself but bursts into an uproar of laughter.
Tears begin to well in her eyes as she closes her mouth, trying to hold it in.
He looks away from his laptop and back behind him.
He can't help but chuckle to himself at how caught up in her own world she had become.
The beauty of entertainment.
The enjoyment of laughter.
The all-encompassing wonder of emotions.
Scientifically, laughter is defined as a "biological reaction of humans to moments or occasions of humor: an outward expression of amusement."
And it becomes much more intricate then that.
While waiting for it to arrive, she rummages around in her suitcase and pulls out a pack of white Tic Tacs.
She empties a couple into her right hand, quickly placing two in her mouth and closing it.
She puts the Tic Tacs away.
She grins and her cheeks turn as pink as her salmon sweater.
Music begins to play and she reopens her mouth, a Tic Tac placed on each side of her tongue.
The elevator door opens, and a clean-cut 25-year-old employee wearing a light blue shirt is holding a manila envelope.
He is instantly caught off-guard, yet intrigued.
He can't help but stare at this blue-eyed beauty with amazement.
She bounces one Tic Tac to the other side of her tongue while simultaneously doing that to the other one.
Her eyes look from side to the other and back again while performing this juggling act.
Suddenly, she bounces both the mints above her tongue, tilts her head back and opens her mouth wide.
They fall inside and she closes her mouth.
She calmly walks inside the elevator as the employee stares at her in wonder.
"Entertain your mouth with a refreshing Tic Tac," the announcer says.
Casey, sitting opposite the old man on the train, tries to contain herself but bursts into an uproar of laughter.
Tears begin to well in her eyes as she closes her mouth, trying to hold it in.
He looks away from his laptop and back behind him.
He can't help but chuckle to himself at how caught up in her own world she had become.
The beauty of entertainment.
The enjoyment of laughter.
The all-encompassing wonder of emotions.
Scientifically, laughter is defined as a "biological reaction of humans to moments or occasions of humor: an outward expression of amusement."
And it becomes much more intricate then that.
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