My valentine

I bounded down the steps of the Yahoo bar (Shepp-resent). It was December 19th, 2003 and I'd not long moved back to Shepparton to start my career as a journalist. I was out for the night with my friend Emily, a newly minted lawyer, who like me, was ready to let off some steam after spending the week getting habituated to working full time.

Emily and I grabbed some beers, found a booth and sat down to watch the crowd, trying to talk to each other over the sound of the music. We watched the band. I particularly, was watching the bass player. I commented to Emily that I thought he was, well, there's no other way to put this, I thought he was hot. Super hot. Hot in that brooding bass player way. Emily saw her moment, and presented me with a dare. She'd buy me a beer if in the next break for the band I went and talked to the bass player.

Not one to shy away from a dare, I bounced over to the stage as the band laid down their instruments. "Hi, I'm Meaghan. I liked your set." Yep, dems were the cliched words that came out of my mouth (forgive me the lack of originality, I'd had a few beers).The bass player looked up at me, a little startled perhaps by this perky girl being a little odd. 'Uh, thanks.' He said.

I don't recall what happened next, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't much of a conversation because I was soon heading back to Emily to claim my free beer without much of a story to tell.

But I will always remember what happened next. I watched the bass player pack up after their set was done, and head up the stairs and go home. I recall feeling a little disappointed, he'd seemed really nice. I turned back to Em, and continued with the night. It was awhile later and I felt a tap on the shoulder. I turned around, and it was him. The bass player. He'd come back. He'd come back to see me.

The rest of the night is a blur (maybe that's because it was so long ago, or maybe it was the beer), but I do know this. Amba and I ascended those stairs together at the end of the night, pashed out the front of the Shepparton post office, and started something that would turn into forever.



Happy Valentine's day.

* Meaghan




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