Her best friend had one, her roommate had one, most of her colleagues had one. She would normally turn a nonchalant eye towards such things, but of late she had seen her roommate cuddle with him one too many times. In the past, she had tried not to stare, for such thoughts might corrupt her and tip the balance of her perfect life. As she reached the entrance to her apartment building, her neighbor, a middle aged single lady who normally never made eye contact, waved to her. This was the same lady who once always seemed to stare at the pavement with her droopy eyes, the one whose faded flowery skirts had stopped being fashionable a decade ago. But today, her smile covered almost her entire face, and there was a warm glow in her eyes, and she even seemed a tad taller in her cheap but shiny heels.

It didn’t take a stock broker to figure that she was clearly in love; her hello was almost melodious and could be heard a block away. Her arms quickly wrapped around him once more as she lovingly shifted her stare back into his brown eyes. As she walked past her, for a second, she couldn’t help but feel somewhat envious. She thought back to her own now seemingly barren situation. She was definitely desirable, and many had told her how ravishing she looked in an evening gown as well as a traditional dress. Her big dreamy eyes and her thick flowing hair would seamlessly facade her smarts and wits. She had had several opportunities in the last two years, but she never felt a connection to any of them. Sometimes they seemed lifeless, sometimes they seemed boring and uncaring, sometimes they were obnoxiously loud and demanding. As time went by she had lost her motivation, and decided it was easier to let fate put him in her path. It had been two years since then and the fall’s blossoms and winter’s flakes had come and gone. But today was different, that gaping hole had found its way back, and that desire to have a companion was slowly eating into her. That moment she decided; it was time to stop procrastinating and putting her feelings off; she was going to get herself a dog too.