A Little Odd Gifts... ( A Short Story )

What is the weirdest/oddest gift you have ever received?
Please share.

Here is a story:

One fine afternoon, She was trying to find her way in search of a book. She badly needed a cup of coffee to save her life because it was a particularly stressful day.. As she turned around a corner, and saw a perfectly sane and a nice looking gentleman walking towards her. Well, he wasn't really walking towards her, he was walking past her.. Since they were both on the sidewalk going in opposite directions. She saw him. He saw her. Nothing magical happened. She looked away the next moment. He was coming out of the pharmacy and she was heading towards the coffee shop right next to it. But somehow, after the guy passed by her, he turned around and stopped her.

"Excuse me?" She heard him say.

"Yes?" She turned around to face him wondering what he wanted.

"Umm... you are very pretty..." he said quietly.

Definitely, not the response she was expecting. she looked at him for a moment with a confusing expression, smiled and said,

"Well... thanks."

"Umm... I don't have anything else on me right now, but... umm... here... for you..." He handed her a 'Gatorade' bottle.

She looked at the bottle and then looked at him now really wondering what his plans were.

"No, please... umm.. i mean... please take it. It is a... bright.. ummm hot... day... and.. and.. you... you are soooo... umm... pretty..." He was practically strutting by this point.

She hesitantly took the bottle from his hand which was almost on her face. She was wondering how to respond to all of this, but before she could say anything he said, "Have a wonderful day!!!" and without waiting for an answer, he turned around quickly and walked away.

When he turned around she noticed that he was wearing a university jersey. He must be a student there. She watched him turn around the corner and disappear.

She took a closer look at the Gatorade bottle, it was still cold. Perhaps he just bought it for himself from the pharmacy. She was a little skeptical of it at first, wondering if there was some sort of drug in it, but it was sealed perfectly.

Later, she enjoyed that refreshing 'Gatorade' and smiled a little more. She may never see him again and may never really know what exactly he was thinking when he handed her that bottle - whether it was something planned or if it was a spur-of-the-moment decision. But she got a smile and a good story out of it.

So, ladies and gentlemen, this is yours truly..
Generally women get flowers and chocolates, and she got 'Gatorade' bottle.

and I love the little things that happen in oddest of ways...



-omi