**Her name was Georgie.** She was petite, brunette, funny, and cute. And she had always been a part of Eric’s dreams. She had been since the day Eric had met her long ago. He’d been at a hotel resort then. He was eighteen and at his prime of teenage hood. She, being eighteen as well, had been with her girlfriends lying by the pool, basking in the glorious sun.
That day, Eric was working his normal shift. He had started his summer job at the hotel weeks before and was still new to the rules. So, without thinking he confidently approached the trio. He remembered blushing at the sight of Georgie’s smile as she saw him approach in his pool-boy uniform. Eric hadn’t been able to speak properly at first and remembered jumbling his words before taking a deep breath and asking, “Is there anything I could get for you, ladies?”
They giggled and smiled and asked him to go get them drinks which he did. But as he left, he heard a voice call after him. “Hey, pool-boy; what’s your name?” Turning, he realized it had been the brunette girl he couldn’t stop thinking about.
“My name?”