erika, I few years ago, I always saw this woman on the subway who always had funky hats and was studying computer books, One day she was reading a theatre magazine and that was my 'in' and I struck a conversation. Next time I saw her, I invited her to a play, It turned she had a boyfriend who was a client of my office. She worked near me and we had lunch often and there was palpable between us thought nothing every happened, eventually the boyfriend didn't want her having lunch with me. I ran into her once since then until last night.
I see this woman coming down the stairs with a funky hat on. It was her. She gave me a hug and a kiss. And told me that she was still with the guy. She then introduced me to her sister and didn't know how to describe me (friend, whatever) I almost said that we were soulmates in a parallel universe ( which we may be), Afterwards, we were holding hands outside the theatre when we parted.
'Take me out tonight where's there's music and there's people and they're young and alive.'