Store, Book, Teen-Lit, Oh My!!!
Yesterday, I was at a bookstore and as I was browsing through some books, suddenly a young,teenage girl comes running up the aisle. Apparently the teen-lit section just happened to be in the same aisle I was in. Oh no. And I mean, she literally was sprinting, straight from the door entrance to the teen-lit section. I think everyone kinda looked up and wondered what all the hullabaloo was about. Now, normally, I would find such a disturbance annoying, even down right rude. Especially from a teenager. But not so this time.The girl was followed by her father who sauntered up the aisle. A rather cheerful (and in my opinion, annoyingly perky, i know, I'm such a witch!) lady working at the store quickly came up (probably thinking that this was the highlight of her dull evening, finally to be able to help a lost teenager and her father) and asked if he [the father] needed any help. The father, a very tall Asian man, (yes, you read that correctly), kindly declined in a slight accent, but was apparently taken aback by the quick aid from the lady, that he almost stuttered as he said "Thank-You" three times in a row! And he had huge smile on his face. Awww. Um ok, enough of that.
Meanwhile, the young girl's eyes searched up and down the section for the particular book she was looking for. Her eyes suddenly became still. She had found it. And then, I kid you not my friends, she literally JUMPED in the air. High. Like long jump high. 5 TIMES!!!!
She was glowing. Almost blindingly. And with a big smile on her face, she exclaimed (Really Loudly),"Dad, it's here, it's here!! They have it! It's out already!!!"
Her dad, a little more reserved, "Oh, you found it? Good. Good." And then pats her on her back for this seemingly exciting discovery.
She hugged that book all the way to the register (literally), with an expression as if she had found heaven.
As the rest of us old people suddenly looked around, we realized we had ALL been staring at her as the scene unfolded. Realizing, we had been caught up in the excitement involving a a girly teenager, we all quickly looked away and QUIETLY, went back to searching/browsing/reading our books. All of us with a smile on our faces.
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When was the last time you literally jumped in the air, exclaimed loudly, and had all the world's joy on your face all while you were in a public place? I think those of us who witnessed this young girl's excitement were all brought back to our younger days, when even the most simple things, like the arrival of a new book, made you act like there was nothing better that could happen to you that day. As some of you may know, I too, love books. And on occasions, have done tiny jumps (ahem, you know being short and all). And to this day, it makes my day when I get a new book or when I visit a bookstore and am surrounded by all these new, old, unheard of books waiting to be read. But it's been a while since I squealed in a public place because of it. Here goes...
Watching this young girl, reminded me of when I was in high school and I dragged by lovely dad to the bookstore for a similar reason. Of course, it wasn't for teen-lit. Come on people. Being the nerd/geek that I was, I dragged my dad to the section where all the Lord of the Rings books were. This was right before the first movie came out, and I wanted to read it before all my friends and imagine it all in my head before waiting to see how Hollywood portrayed it.
But the store only had the second and third parts of the trilogy out. Where was the first one?? I searched all through the aisle. There, at the end of the aisle, there was ONE copy left. I gathered all of my athletic ability and SPRINTED (yes, I can sprint. When required. I have my priorities people!) to the end of the aisle and grabbed the book. And then, I too, proceeded to EXCLAIM and SQUEAL!! And there, with my Dad proudly smiling (just as all proud desi dads do!), I hugged my big book all the way to the register.
posted by payal @ 12:52 PM
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