I was walking through the Mission with my girl on Wednesday night when we stopped at a red light. She looked at me and said, hesitantly, “Estamos juntos?”
She’s been trying to learn Spanish recently, and I sometimes can help out with my half-assed high school level translation abilities. This was a phrase I knew, however. ”We’re together,” I said.
I grabbed her hand. ”That’s sweet, babe. We are together. I mean, I know you’re leaving soon, but right now, present tense, estamos juntos.”
She looked back at me as the light changed and we walked across the street hand-in-hand. Which is when I noticed the T-Mobile store on the corner, with their slogan, “Estamos juntos,” written right below the marquee.
“I wish you hadn’t looked over there!” she exclaimed, but we kept holding hands. Well, for another half a block, because enough is enough, right?
