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Heather Williams resisted the urge to touch her tightly coiled Afro hairstyle. Instead, she focused on searching through the rack of winter coats. Finding nothing on the circular rack, she turned to the next circular rack and again resisted the urge to touch her hair.
Until this morning, the girl had sported thick wavy dark brown locks that hung down to her bra strap. Then she decided she would no longer fight her heritage. She was one quarter African-American and it was high time the nineteen year old girl embraced that fact.
Her mother, Ji-Woo 'Gigi' Williams was one half South Korean and one half Canadian. Her father, US Army Specialist Ronald Arthur Williams was Caucasian on his mother's side and African-American on his father's side.
Gigi and Ronald married while he was stationed in South Korea and he moved his new bride to his hometown. Gigi was very adept at handling prejudice and scorn; she had endured much of this from her peers and from adults in South Korea because of her mixed heritage. So she had a thick skin and had passed that on to her daughters.
"Hey, can I help you find anything?" a handsome young man asked, smiling.
"Coats," Heather said dejectedly. "I've been through just about all of them and I just cannot find anything I like."
"Okay, so tell me. What are you looking for?" the young man asked.
"Well, it's already pretty cold this winter; I need something that will you know, stand up to everything," Heather smiled at the attractive young man. "But I don't want anything all ugly, you know?"
She liked his thick blond hair and his warm brown eyes. His face was a strong one; the slightly large nose gave his otherwise somewhat bland good looks some definition.
The sports coat was taut across his chest and arms; she could just make out the bulging biceps in the tweed pattern. The white shirt looked crisply starched and the dark brown tie went with the dark brown slacks.
"Have you looked at these? The uni-sex coats?" he asked, directing her to a tall rack at the rear of the store. "See, the outer shell is waterproof, not water resistant; water PROOF. Snow and cold rain? Will not penetrate. Cold? Is bad enough. But cold and wet? Miserable; simply miserable."
"Oh! This gray..." Heather mused, running her fingers over the smooth material.
"With the lining in?" the young man continued, showing her the fleece lining inside of another coat while she admired the light gray coat. "Is rated to minus ten degrees. "And feel. Feel how soft it is."
"Oh!" Heather agreed, running her fingertips over the plush lining.
"It comes out; there's four buttons on each side and two at each cuff. You're what? About a medium?" the young man continued, finding the light gray in her size. "Now, remember; you're going to have a sweater, probably a heavy shirt on under this so it may feel just a little big right now."
She allowed him to slip the coat on her frame. He gently pulled her to a free standing three sided mirror. She admired the front, the left and the right side view of the mid-calf length coat.
"This can be worn casual," the young man continued, looping the belt around her slim waist as he stood behind her. "Or, when it's cold, cold, cold outside? Buttoned with the five buttons then tied off to keep that body heat in."
She wanted to lean into his loose embrace. Looking into his warm eyes in the three way mirror, she wanted to press her full lips to his. He lingered a moment too long, then stepped away so that she could again look at her reflection in the mirror.
As he rang up the coat, he glanced at his wristwatch and smiled.
"Miss Williams: In the Auditorium? There is the Winter Park Exhibit. It would be the perfect place to show off that beautiful new coat of yours," he suggested.
"Hmm?" she mused.
"So, if I picked you up; there's a Benny's Burger Bar close to the auditorium, then we'll see the sculptures?" he suggested, a light blush playing across his face.
I uh, I'm vegan," she said.
Benny's has a black bean burger," he said.
At just after seven that evening, he knocked on her door. Heather hurried into the last sweater on the pile of sweaters on her bed and hurried to the door. Ever the gentleman, he helped her into her brand new coat and walked her down to his old sedan. With no embarrassment, he admitted it had been his mother's car and he would drive it until the wheels fell off of it.
Benny's burger Bar did have a black bean burger. He was unapologetic as he bought a half pound all-beef burger. He was also unashamed to heap the melted nacho cheese onto the bun.
"Do you know what's in..." she began and he softly put his finger against her lips.
"Yes I do. And, no, I don't want to hear it," he smiled.
Hand in hand, they strolled the exhibit. Both were dutifully impressed at the artistry of the ice sculptures. At the center of the auditorium was a 'Santa's Village' and he persuaded Heather to sit on Santa's lap and tell old jolly St. Nick what she wanted for Christmas.