Young Love

Does that sound like the title for a cheap romance novel?

It's (still) Spring Break here at the beach, and as I walked Victor Jose on the shore this afternoon, I spied a teenage couple making out on a blanket.

If you don't already know this about writers, here's the skinny.

We are the nosiest people you've ever met.

We like to walk around, virtual notebooks in our heads, eavesdropping on conversations, noticing the way the woman in front of us at Starbucks definitely did not comb her hair this morning and ...

Soak in every bit of young love's hormones and lust.

I have to tell you these two were the cutest couple ever!

They kissed, they sat up, they touched noses, they laughed, they stared into each other's eyes, they whispered in each other's ears.

Wow.

Was there ever a time I did that?

I'm sure I did, but these kids made me realize something.

I need to pretend like I'm them.

Or at least write about it.