On a flight from my parent’s house back to my home after the holidays, I ran into an old classmate of mine. I was distracted thinking of everything I had to catch up on. As my gaze roamed the plane, a marine in his uniform caught my eye. He smiled at me and I smiled back before looking back at my computer. However my flight kept returning to the marine during the flight, always had a thing for men in uniform. After we landed, I was walking toward baggage claim when I heard a deep voice call my name. I turned and was surprised to see the marine behind me and smiling.
“You don’t remember me do you?”, he asked. I paused and looked at him before realizing who he was. “Oh wow hi Lucien, I didn’t recognize you but of course I remember you”. See I’d had a huge crush on Lucien in school but never did anything about it. We exchanged small talk and I learned that Lucien had an overnight layover while I didn’t have to be anywhere since I could head home from the airport.