Casual Meeting

"I can’t believe it! Is that really she? She hasn’t changed a single bit. It’s been how long since I last saw her? I think since the 8th grade... Wonder IF she is going to remember me? Well, I’m going to see if she compliments me, then I’ll compliment her..."
- Hi! It’s been so long! – she said, huging me.
"Ok, she remembers me. Great."
- Hi! Yeah... We haven’t spoke to each other since the 8th grade.
- Yeah... What have you been done?
- I’m now majoring History at FURG. And you?
- Nice! I had a daughter last September. – she Said that in such a natural way, as if she had said she just bought a shirt. I’ve tryed my Best to not look mind-boggled, being contented with raising my eyebrows – So I could not study for the SATs. I’m not even going to try it this year.
- You had a daughter? – that’s what I could talk back.
- Yes, I did.
"Couldn’t you have wait Five minutes and go to the corner store buy a condom? All right, everyone makes mistakes. Try and act as if it was normal."
- My – I hesitated a little bit there, trying not to look sarcastic at the end of the sentence - compliments. What’s her name?
- Marisa.
- Hummm... Cool...
"Don’t say a Word, let her keep up with the conversation. You’ll say something stupid if you try."
- And the resto f the people from the 8th grade? It’s been so long since we last met. We should get together to do something.
"We could watch 'Juno'. Just say the classic 'yeah' and give the commom report about the lifes of everybody else."
- Yeah... I’ve seen Fred, and Júnior, they are still in that band, they have been made several shows. The resto of the folks I haven’t seen eighter.
- Uhum... I’ve got to got. I left my mom taking care of Marisa and she wants to go out today. Bye. Take care!
"I have been careful."
- Bye! Kiss*.
And she left, But I kept thinking about that the whole week. I reviewed the casual meeting between both of us several times in my mind. Till, in the end, I came to the conclusion that there wasn’t any secret message or hidden advice in that "take care".

*In Brazil, it’s a very normal thing to say “kiss” instead or after doing it when you say "bye" to a person. We are weird. I know.