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I Waved Back. She Was Waving at Someone Behind Me.
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A mistaken wave becomes a proper hello
For a moment, Deb thinks somebody is pleased to see her. Then she realises the wave was meant for someone behind her and tries to disguise it as doing her hair. Rosie asks what the woman actually did, and the story takes a warmer turn.
What Rosie brings to the conversation
Rosie leaves room for both the embarrassment and why a small greeting mattered to Deb. She asks about the woman's actual response. Deb looks up again, exchanges a proper hello and stays for a chat about the flowers.
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Deb: I waved back. She meant the woman behind me.
Rosie: Did you leave your hand up?
Deb: Worse. I turned it into doing my hair. I don't normally comb it with five fingers pointing at a florist.
Rosie: Very thorough hair appointment.
Deb: She was across the pavement, big smile. For a second I thought, oh, somebody's pleased to see me.
Rosie: Then you looked behind you.
Deb: Her friend. Big wave back. There I was, apparently introducing myself to a hanging basket.
Rosie: What did the woman actually do?
Deb: Smiled. Kindly. Which somehow made me want to hide behind the entire display of begonias.
Rosie: Could that smile have been for you?
Deb: Possibly. I'd already decided I'd done waving wrong. Not much else to get wrong in a wave, is there?
Rosie: Your arm didn't send a marriage proposal.
Deb: Fair. I haven't seen many people this week apart from work. That little smile had meant more than I expected.
Rosie: Did you have to pretend it never happened?
Deb: I was prepared to buy a very expensive fern to save face. Just stand there inspecting it until everybody left.
Rosie: Did you end up buying it?
Deb: I looked up first. She gave me another wave. Definitely at me. I said, 'Just checking my waving still works.'
Rosie: Did it?
Deb: She said, 'Perfectly. Hello!' Her friend laughed too. We had a little chat about the flowers.
Rosie: Any emergency hair maintenance?
Deb: None. I went home with a proper hello. And a fern. Apparently I wasn't quite ready to stop chatting.
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