The Sweetest Smile　令人心醉的微笑

◎ Goldie

Well like most authors, I am one who does not believe in love at first sight until I experienced it myself.

同大部分作家一样，直到我亲身体验了一见钟情的魅力，我才相信了它的存在。

It all started like this, I was with a few friends at McDonalds, after my lecture from school, we were chatting and laughing at some stupid stories that one of my friends told.

事情是这样开始的。放学之后，我和几个朋友在麦当劳吃饭。一个朋友讲了几个笑话，我们一边大笑一边谈论着。

Just then, a group of girls came and took their seats, there was this girl, quite outstanding for that striking red top she was wearing and she had this sweet smile.

就在那时，一群女孩走进来坐下了。其中有一个女孩非常醒目，她穿了一件引人注目的红色上衣，脸上带着甜美的微笑，整个人都光彩夺目。

Then, while they were at the counter, ordering their food, I noticed something, they all had disability, and they could not talk. But, this was not considered a disability to me; I walked up to them, and asked for her number, well, she was surprised.

当她们站在柜台前点餐时，我才注意到她们都有缺陷——她们不能说话。但我并不认为这是残疾；我向她们走过去，并问那个女孩要了电话号码，当时，她有些惊讶。

But she eventually gave me her address and her name was Elaine, she did not have a phone at home and there was no possibility to talk to her.

但她最终给了我她的地址，她叫伊莱恩，她家里没有电话，况且我们之间也不可能交谈，所以也没那个必要。

After a few days, I sent her a letter, asking her out on a date the following Saturday. Whether she agreed to the date or was it rejected, I could not tell for I did not know.

过了几天，我寄给她一封信，约她下个礼拜六出来玩。我也不能确定她是否同意约会。

We were supposed to meet at the Lido cinema to catch a movie; I waited for around 5 minutes then she appeared. She was wearing that same smile that caught me.

我们本来约好在里多电影院看电影；我等了大概五分钟，她来了。她仍旧带着那张吸引着我的甜蜜的笑脸，让人沉醉。

In the cinema, we saw the show “ICE AGE”. In order to communicate, I needed to get a pen and paper.

我们在电影院里看了《冰河世纪》。我需要用到纸和笔，才方便与她交流。

I asked her about how she felt about me. She told me she was very happy, but at the same time, she was worried as she could not define whether my love was out of sympathy or was it from my heart.

我问她对我的感觉如何。她告诉我说她感到很幸福，但同时她又很担心，担心的是她自己并不能确定，我的爱是出于同情还是出自真心。

From that moment on, I have been asking myself the question, until a month later after my exams, I finally made up my mind—— I was really in love with her, not for her disability I sympathize.

从那时起，我就一直问自己那个问题，直到在我考试结束的一个月之后，我打定了主意——我是真的爱她，而不是出于对她缺陷的同情。

I went to her home, which made her quite surprised; I pulled her out of her home and ran to the park in front of her block of flats. I looked at her and wrote to her how I felt; she looked at me with those big black eyes, those that could take your soul away if you were staring at them for a long time.

我去了她家，这件事让她很吃惊；我把她从家里拉出来，一起跑去公寓楼前的公园里。我看着她，并把我的感受写给她看；她用一双又大又黑的眼睛盯着我，假设是你盯着这双眼睛的话，你也会觉得整个灵魂都被带走了。

She took the pen and wrote this sentence, “I love you too, but now that I’m assured that you love me for what I am and not out of sympathy, I feel that I will not regret the decision.”

她拿出笔写了这句话，“我也爱你，但既然我确信了你爱的就是我这个人，而不是出于同情心，我觉得自己并不会因为这个决定而后悔。”

Now, we have been together for two years and although we have not planned to get married, I have never once quarrel with her, not even on paper and I never will...

如今我们在一起两年了，虽然我们还没决定结婚，但我从来都没和她吵过架，在纸上都没有过，将来也不会……

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