I'm in Guimarães and I'm cold so I wrap myself in my beach towel and my pink blanket on top. I enter the shopping center and I feel super self-conscious about being wrapped up in a blanket. As soon as I’m inside, I see another girl also wrapped in a blanket. I'm not going to say anything but she can't help herself and exclaims 'you also have a blanket!' I reply that I was thinking exactly the same thing! I say, half jokingly, that now she can tell her mother, or whoever, that there are others like us. I think how things happen so fluidly when you're authentic and don't stop yourself from doing what you feel because of others.
The girl is with another girl who I think is her sister and who seems to be a bit incredulous about all this. I don't remember what we're talking about but I say something to her sister as if we've known each other for a long time. It's something that could have been misinterpreted like a joke but we laugh and then another girl appears who also exclaims ‘I can't believe there are more people like us!’ and joins us. I had just made that joke so I tell this girl that we all just met. This third girl isn't wrapped in a blanket but has a long knitted jacket down to her mid-thigh.
Then I see three red and pink mugs and I grab one to make tea. I immediately realize that I'm so used to doing things alone that I didn’t grab a mug for the others so I ask the blanket girl if she wants one too but I see that she's already grabbed a mug. We're all standing by the sink chatting and I start pouring water into my mug instead of the kettle. I notice it so I transfer the water to the kettle. Meanwhile, the blanket girl points to some dishes half submerged in the sink, also in red tones, and tells me she used to use that bottle. I say I can't see the bottle because it’s covered by the plates, so she moves the plates to show me.