The future is written.

I saw a couple on the train this morning. They must have been 19 or 20 years old. They had the interaction of a flirty brother and sister (like all barely-past-their-teens couples do), laughing and having sword fights and talking about Harry Potter. She wanted to buy the newest book. He told her, "It was going to be part of your gift but it's not out in french yet." She reached to where he was sitting across from her and stroked just above his knee while leaning forward a bit, hesitantly, wondering if a kiss was in order. He only watched her and she leant back defeated. Right away, with fresh resolve she gave his leg another stroke and leaning forward again, he met her and they kissed.

She was a super cute little french girl with a studded belt and thick dark-rimmed, nerd-chic glasses. He was an anglo and must have been a little older. You could tell he was in charge. He talked loud and sent pictures from his cellphone to hers. The "doodle doo" of her phone went off every 20 seconds as he chose a new photo of himself to grace her with. "Time to call my brother and wake him up.", he said. "Why?" she said. "Because I'm up so he should be too."

He had a metallica shirt, full lips and long flowing locks. To say she was smitten would be an understatement for sure and to say that he wasn't aware of her smitten state would also be a blatant error in fact reporting.

Can I get back to his hair for a second? Only men manage to have this kind of hair. Shiny, soft, ringlety tendrils with no split ends. It's because they don't wash, brush, style or even touch their hair. It just grows and looks like they burst forth from the bosom of nature's bounty. I want 20 year old, Metalica man hair! I wouldn't mind some of the blind arrogance also.

Thing is, she'll eventually break up with him when she realizes she's smarter and will go on to become an oceanographer or something of the sort. He will still be wearing his hair long even when he starts to bald and he'll forget about her, but she will remember him. She'll just be sitting around drinking coffee in her kitchen when she's 43 years old and something will make her think of the long ago boyfriend, the one who thought he was king, the one with the blue eyes, full lips and beautiful hair.