TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS
She came up to meet me and turned away.
"Can you zipper me up, please?"
"Sure." I got up from her bed and put the two parts of the zipper together.
"Thank you. We can go now." I said, picking up her purse and walking out the door. I just nodded even though she couldn't see my action and followed her, again noticing the lack of dialogue there.
We got into the car both mute as well as newly acquainted, which only bothered me more. I let the low melody of the music playing over the radio invade the sepulchre of that moment, after all, that's what we looked like.