She landed in front of him with a flourish. A landing that, in it's expression, called to mind an exclamation mark.
“Hel-lo!” She trilled brightly.
No stranger to her, sometimes, natural exuberance, “Hi!” He replied warmly, enveloping her in a hug.
“Before we begin” She said when they’d separated. “I want you to know that my right eye is twitching.” Vanna-like, she gestured at the eye.
Still looking down at her, he paused for a moment, his brows furrowed in confusion.
Misinterpreting the confusion for concentration, she schooled her expression into neutral-- to better assist him, in bearing witness to the aforementioned twitch.
A few seconds later, he gave a short nod and she visibly relaxed.
“So you do know there was no need to draw attention to your allegedly twitching eye?”
“There’s nothing alleged about it,” She replied, threading her arm through his and steering him down the sidewalk. “It is quite real to me and has been happening, rather intermittently, ever since I woke up this morning.”
Clearing his throat, “Well, I have yet to see a sighting of this twitch.”
“Well, naturally!” She said, suddenly stopping them in their tracks. “As we all know, a twitch won’t make an appearance until the most inopportune of times.” She looked up at him expectantly.
“Sure.” He deadpanned without much conviction and then winced as her finger successfully poked him, rather sharply, in the side.
Satisfied with his latter response, she continued. “I bring it up for two reasons. Reason #1, I prefer not to be upstaged by a twitch, so I want all who interact with me to have fair warning before their train of thought is potentially derailed by said twitch. And by the way,” She paused pointedly, “You’re welcome.”
“Thank you?” He muttered, still rubbing his side.
“And Reason #2, I bring it up because I want to face it head on!” She made a fist with her right hand and launched it into the palm of her left. “Let’s not ignore the Elephant in the room! When a facial twitch strikes, I know it’s happening, and all who can see my face know it’s happening! Even if Le twitch is not currently apparent, at some point it most likely will, and so now, we’re all prepared!”
He couldn’t help himself. “Well, on behalf of the masses, I thank you for your thoroughness.”
Epilogue:
He saw two things and two things only. Her approaching finger and the twitch.