Selena and Zoe Meet In The Park

Flowers were blooming everywhere. She wondered what it all meant. She was with a friend at the neighboring park, and just sitting there in the grass enjoying nature. There were flowers blooming everywhere. There was a mystical essence of Romance that was evident in the air.

Selena Robinson was someone who wasn't very adept at describing her emotions. She was so taken aback by the beauty. She had not visited the countryside for a long time. Spring had a different connotation back in the city.

Her friend Zoe Saldana noticed her quizzical look and decided to ask her if something was wrong. Selena replied, "Yes, the countryside is so beautiful, it is very different from what spring looks like back in the city."

Zoe hadn't noticed because she lived in the country all her life. She didn't ever think someone would ever say that about the rural landscapes.

Selena realized this and quipped " People who live in the countryside don't know what they have. All of this beauty. Just look around you. Isn't it all so beautiful? Back in the city, there weren't as many trees. Or Flowers. What's worse is - where I lived, it was so hot, you could fry pancakes on the road, the temperatures there soared."

Zoe just smiled at her friend. She didn't realize that her rural hometown was indeed beautiful. It was just that everyone there who was the same age as she was, wanted to go to the city to get jobs and possibly live there.

"Sure Selena, Nature is beautiful but Money is a thing you know, this place is beautiful but Nature doesn't put food on the table! "

"Also the guys here seem narrow-minded. I wish I could find a nice guy to date that is a city-dweller and acts like one!" Zoe said again.

Selena looked her straight in the eye and said "Oh, you were talking about love! Yes, the guys in the rural countryside are a little old-fashioned and ruddy. They would look better if they groomed as well!"

Selena and Zoe continued talking. They talked more and more about the weather, and about everything that made their brains tick like any two close friends were likely to do when they were lazing around in the park on a chill Sunday morning.

Time seemed to fly, and Selena looked at the time on her phone. "Zoe, do you realize we have been here more than an hour? Time sure flies by when you are having fun!"

They both got off the grass and dusted themselves off. Then they started to take a long walk home. They continued talking. The topic of Love came up, and they started to talk about it.

"Selena, have you ever been in Love?" Zoe asked her suddenly.

"Yes long ago, with a cute guy that lived in the city," Selena replied.

"Was it unrequited Love, or did anything materialize? I know some introverts who like to love people from a distance" Zoe said again.

"Yes, funny enough to me at least, that's the best sort of Love story. But do you know that I did kiss a guy once, No, it wasn't love, but it sure felt good" Selena said again.

"You did," Zoe asked inching with curiosity. "What was it like?" She asked again.

"It felt like Spring!" she exclaimed.

"Right. Spring! Selena, remember that Spring is a season, so there couldn't possibly be a connection. Can you elaborate on how kissing can feel like Spring, even though for some strange reason that seems like an interesting concept?" Zoe asked looking confused.

"Umm, Zoe remember what I said about the beauty of the countryside? Well, the effects of Spring aren't noticed by the people who live here because they see it every day! But did you know, for someone who hasn't seen or experienced this sort of thing before, Spring is indeed beautiful and romantic too, and can be used as a metaphor for Romance?"

To which Zoe replied by saying "You might be right there Selena. Spring can be an intensely romantic time of the year... should you choose to look at it like that. Trees get their leaves during this time of the year as you said, and flowers are in full bloom. But you didn't answer my question- why did your love affair feel like spring?"

"Spring is usually a time of new beginnings. Did you know that there are specifically some species of flowers that signify new beginnings like Roses and Daffodils? Speaking of which, Lavenders are my favorite type of flower." she said.

"I like Lavenders because they are so purple. Apart from just being my favourite color, they are also a symbol of royalty, refinement, luxury, and elegance! But I think I did not answer your question!"

"They're not my favorite, but once that same guy I was describing gave me a white rose. Did you know that white roses symbolize innocence, purity, reverence, and new beginnings? When we kissed I felt sparks. I felt butterflies.

He wasn't the same as other guys. I don't believe in the potency of flower petals or anything, but yes I felt like I was positively 'glowing' the day he gave me that white rose." She realized that she was talking in almost a whole long sentence without breathing. She gasped.

Selena Robinson was your typical INFJ who loved talking for ages on seemingly unheard-of topics. But Zoe was extremely interested today being an INFP, because this one time Selena linked her rather long speech to a juicy and rather interesting topic like 'Kissing'

"He kissed you and then gave you a white rose? Funny, you never mentioned it before! What was the guy's name?" Zoe asked suddenly, with a hint of nervous excitement in her voice.

The guy's name was "Ivan. Ivan Dubinsky" Selena replied blushing, the pink freckles clearly showing, like the flowers of springtime.

"Oh, interesting. sure sounds like he was East-European!" Zoe replied as if she was certain.

"Yes. A very different sort of guy! An introvert like the two of us. And he wore the most wonderful cologne. It was so nice every time he sat next to me. I felt so drawn to him because of it!" Selena replied.

Selena and Zoe were neighbors who lived very close to each other. When Selena reached her apartment building after their long walk home from the park, and equally long conversation, she turned the key and opened the door of her apartment.

Selena's apartment was a quaint-but-nice-looking place. Small in size, but the environment was energetic for some reason. Selena was sometimes, a little ball of energy. It could also be because the furniture was arranged according to the principles of Feng Shui.

According to the principles of Feng Shui, energy moved in a circle, and so everything in her living room was arranged in a circle. Also the place was tidy, since Selena took the effort to clean up the place every once in a while.

Suddenly her thoughts went back to her conversation with her friend in the park. She thought about the past, about Ivan, and how juicy his lips were to kiss. Thinking about it sent a wave of tingles up her spine and she felt like she needed to have someone, just anyone in her life.

But now She wondered about her thoughts! Was she being controlled? By someone? By Something? Selena had not felt this way in years. Perhaps it was the effects of Spring! She saw it too. Spring was a time of renewal in nature, and the flowers in nature made one feel all the more nostalgic.

She did not have anything else to do, so she decided to google 'the myths associated with spring' on her phone! She happened to be sitting on her bed in her bedroom. She was curious, because she could not get the thoughts of Ivan and his kissing off her mind!

When she googled "Myths associated with spring" she found a slew of informative articles. She decided to click on a random link. The article started off with "Good bye Winter!" As she continued to read the rather long and informative blog article she found there was a myth about "People being horniest in spring".

She continued reading it. The article mentioned that " It could have been the blossoming flowers, or the buzzing bees, but something about the weather all around made people think that Spring was indeed the horniest time of the year. This however is probably a myth," the article went on to say.

But she couldn't stop thinking about Ivan. She wondered if Zoe had reached home. She wanted to ask her friend about whether she too was having any obsessive thoughts about their conversation. She sent her a random message on WhatsApp.

She put the book down and lay back on the bed with her head on the pillow for a while. She couldn't help but notice that there was a mirror opposite her bed. She wondered if calling Zoe was a good idea, it was nearing 9 p.m.

Zoe usually started her day shift early on Mondays so she was probably already asleep by now. she wondered if sending her a text message was a good idea. She decided to try.

But she felt the satin sheets were making her a bit too comfortable. She wanted more of the feeling. Since it wasn't Summer, Selena did not turn on the air-conditioning. Today she wanted to try turning it on, because it seemed like a good day to be pampered, to self-pamper and enjoy the few luxuries for what they were.

Selena was not rich but she wanted the environment at home to be conducive to a good mood. Selena spent a little more on unusual-but-quirky things like this. Satin Sheets, huge pillows and air conditioning. She wanted her rest-times to mean something.

She turned on the Air conditioning, and instantly the room turned cooler.

When she lie in the bed, she felt like the room was suddenly very cozy! Too cozy for words! She decided to lie in her bed, and she felt the cool air on her skin. She let down her hair and felt her body sink into the bed.

She somehow wished she had male company. She thought about Ivan. But as a good Christian girl she knew her thoughts were going in a strange direction that might make concentrating at work a task that was harder than usual.

Zoe just wasn't answering her WhatsApp messages, perhaps she had put her phone on silent. Selena fell asleep. She fell asleep quickly. The environment was too cozy for words.