They met at the noodle house downtown to finalize their divorce papers. It was amicable, but like any break up that serious, he was shattered, bitter and slightly relieved. The door chimed as she walked away forever. He decided to stay behind and eat his first fortune cookie as a single man. “The love of your life is sitting across from you”. He chuckled and thought, “Why not” and wrote his phone number on the back. Driving away, he tossed the fortune out the window.
Life went on.
She was outside of the theatre getting ready to sing her heart out at the auditions for A Chorus Line when a flicker of paper floated past her nose and landed in her hand. “The love of your life is sitting across from you”. She chuckled and thought, “Cute” and saw the phone number written on the back. She figured, “Why not” and dialed. Just then, when the stage manager stepped outside to bring her into the audition, his phone started to ring in his pocket. He answered the unknown caller.
She looked at him and spoke into the phone, “Am I next?”
