I see you a few times a week, albeit through the drive up window but we still have our thrice weekly date nights. I attempt to dazzle you with Spanglish and you smile. You always smile, I can never tell if this is truly a warm greeting or its a defense mechanism that you have to hide your tenuous hold on the English language. Either way, I’m ok with this.

I always order the same thing and you always ask me to repeat my self. I re-order in Spanish and wonder why I hadn’t ordered in Spanish to start with. I make a mental note to do this next time. I have made the same note many times and then forget the very next time that I drive through, I guess it is a process.

I pull up to the drive through window and open it and the smell is glorious. You stand there surrounded by the smell of deep-fried, well everything and the sound of the grill spitting and hissing. You lean over to take my change and as you do I can just smell your hair and it is breath-taking! Never before had I thought that the cross between Herbal Essence, bacon and chorizzo would elicit such a response, but my heart races non the less.

You return a few seconds later to give me my change and as you did you cupped my hand with your left hand and passed me the change with you right.

I see what you did there! You are a sly boots indeed.

You give me a single finger pointed upwards to tell me you and my order shall return in one minute. Dont you worry, I would wait at least cinco minutos for you, or my food, but for both?

I digress.

You return, paper bag in hand, 5 napkins and the food prepared as I like. I told you months ago that I like the quesadillas a little crispy, I never had to mention it again.
You have never failed me.

I look in the bag, more out of habit than the questioning of your order-taking skills. 6 red salsas, not the usual 3 you give to the other monkeys, 6! These are cold, you stored them in the fridge for me, the other patrons get a handful out of the room temperature container you keep on the counter.

Just wanted to let you know that the message was received.

Game on!