“Dude,” she sighed once again, face in her palm, “Directions are simple, take the eggs from the middle, put the males in the blue basket, and the females in the red one. As easy as that. Not rocket science.” The girl picked up another egg, whispered to it, smiled, then placed it gently into the red basket.
I stared at her from across the table, eyes twitching. I shook my head slightly, ran my fingers through my hair, then looked up at the girl. “How long have you volunteered here? How are you doing this, huh?”
“Ever since Sophomore year…” She reached for another egg and shrugged, palms facing the ceiling, “Just talk to the eggs, I told you. I know people say this is usually a girl’s job... But come on, the egg hunt starts in a couple of hours.”
“Talk to the… Talk to the eggs? You’re sick in mind!” I yelled as I threw my hands in the air, “Prove to me this isn’t a sick joke.”
The girl stared at me, pushed her long hair behind her ear, then picked up an egg from the red basket, “SHE can’t wait for the Easter egg hunt, and would like to be painted light purple with silver stripes... Red dots are fine also.”
I shook my head again, “Unbelievable.” I snatched an egg from the center and stared at it.
“Hey, remember...” the girl said softly, her crimson lips curved upwards, she then pointed to her tranquilizing smile “Sunny side up!”
As I lifted my head to shift my gaze from the egg to her radiant face, my eyes met with hers.
I stared at the girl for some time.
My shoulders dropped, cheeks getting warmer.
A confusing, toasty, boiling feeling lingered inside my chest.
Her tender gaze scrambled up my heart.
She giggled as she tilted her head to one side, her wavy hair brushing gently against her shoulder. My eyes wandered, then I found the egg I was holding, I loosened my grip on it and pressed my lips together tightly.
I sucked in a deep breath, forced a smile upon my face, and held the egg close to my face.
“Hi…” I started.
“I’m a boy… and I dream of becoming a fighter pilot when I grow up!” A voice sounded, barely audible.
I gasped, eyes widened. I lifted the egg up to the ceiling. “It’s a boy!”
The girl and I cracked up all of the sudden.
And so did the eggs.
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