Cindy’s Big Brown Beaver

The after-game party is loud, crowded, and still running on the win when you’re introduced to Cindy, a college cheerleader in a pink crop top and white pleated skirt. She greets you with a huge smile, drink in hand, clearly eager to get acquainted. Keeping a conversation going with her proves harder than expected. She giggles halfway through an answer, hides her face behind her free hand, then drops it to ask you another question. She bounces on her toes, starts to say something, and dissolves into laughter. “Oh my Gawd, that sounded so much better in my head!” Between her bright-eyed attention and repeated attempts to start again, her interest is becoming much easier to follow than her conversation