I Killed Two Dates with One Latte
I can't believe I haven't written in so long. God knows I've had things to write about. Let me tell you this story, which still baffles me. It's like this...
I had gotten a few winks and e-mails from a couple of guys on my online dating site. I wasn't sure about either one, but after getting multiple e-mail messages, I decided to reply to one of them (you never know, you know?).
We met up at a local Starbucks (surprise, surprise). I called him when I got there, asking him where he was. He didn't tell me and just said to come inside. I had never been to this Starbucks before (miracle).
Of course I knew he was watching me walk in, which was a bit uncomfortable, although kind of sexy. I looked around and couldn't spot him. Finally, as I turned to face the door again, I noticed him sitting in a big chair in a corner. I started walking toward him. And then it happened.
To his right was an empty big chair, and to the right of that chair was a guy on his laptop. As I got closer, the guy on the laptop looked up.
He was the other guy who had e-mailed me and who I hadn't answered!
I sat right between them.
I started talking to...we'll call him Patrick...but so many thoughts were going through my mind. I couldn't believe...we'll call him Spongebob...was there too! I never sent Spongebob a wink or message. Or had I? No, I was sure I hadn't. Definitely not an e-mail. Maybe a wink. No, no. Or maybe. Aaaaaaaaaaa!
Patrick and I went to get coffee. Just when I thought it couldn't get worse, when we went back to sit he suggested I sit down in the big leather chair to his left. I told him I was fine in the other one, but he insisted it was more comfortable.
The big leather chair faced Spongebob. There we were. A perfect triangle. Both in front of me. Spongebob a little to the left. Patrick a little to the right.
Talking to Patrick, I could see Spongebob from the corner of my left eye look at me every so often.
Did they know each other? I couldn't help but wonder. I mean, what a freakin' coincidence! I guess I'll never know.
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