A Story of Boy Meets Girl
Iris Goldsztajn is a London-based freelance journalist, copywriter and aspiring novelist. Having grown up in France with a French father and Yorkshire-born mother, Iris moved to Los Angeles to attend UCLA, before landing in London in 2017. Her work, which mainly spans lifestyle, wellness, relationships and pop culture, has appeared in a wide range of publications, including InStyle, Stylist, Metro, Cosmopolitan, SheKnows, Alma and more. She is currently working on her first novel, a romantic comedy. This is her first published short story.
Before we begin, I must warn you: this is a love story. If sentiment is not for you, this story is not for you, though you may come back to it in time, when you are ready to open your heart. Like all love stories, it starts with a meeting, wherein two kindred souls who in a billion parallel universes do not meet, meet in this one, and fireworks ensue, a full symphonic orchestra. It is a pity, because by all measures these fireworks are quite something. There are colours no camera could render and a little ball of fire burns inside the stomach of all who witness the show; only this little ball of fire doesn’t burn like fire ought. It warms, like a hearth, tickles, like a feather, elates, like a narcotic, nourishes, like… porridge. There, true love is like porridge. How’s that for sentiment?
