Ordinary

I went to the grocery store with a friend today.  It was the most ordinary of errands, and yet there was a quiet happiness in having company while perusing the aisles.

Yes we are [friends] and I do like to pass the day with you in serious and inconsequential chatter.  I wouldn't mind washing up beside you, dusting beside you, reading the back half of the paper while you read the front.  We are friends and I would miss you, do miss you and think of you very often.  I don't want to lose this happy space where I have found someone who is smart and easy and doesn't bother to check her diary when we arrange to meet. 

~ Jeanette Winterson