And another adventure staring our hero Tim begins with a goodbye. But as we all know when a door closes one opens. He was saying goodbye to an old friend who was moving away and throwing himself a going away party. About half way through was when she showed up. Closing the sliding glass door, dressed in a tight, short, black dress, she turned and walked toward him. "Do you know where the man of honor is?" she asked him which he replied with a simple "Right here." She turned and gave him a welcoming hug then turned back toward Tim. "Do you know where I can put these?" she asked him referring to two bottles of champagne that she was holding. " Right this way" he said as he helped her with one of the bottles, and lead her to one of five coolers, he placed the bottles inside and started to stand only to have his knee kicked out from under him by his friend Steve "Go talk to her man." "I was" he replied as he started to stand back up.
He followed her back around to a set of chair. They shared through the introductions, the flirting, the banter, she got up more then one and always returned. Hours later when the night was coming to an end he gave her his number and said how "we have to go out sometime for coffee or something." Were she replied how she only text messages, where Tim replied how he texts all the time, it probably came out as cheesy and corny as it sounds here. As Tim was leaving he thought "I gave her my number but I didn't get hers, she'll call right? She was interested, she did keep coming back, she'll call." Two days passed where he told his friends of this beautiful, magnificent, intelligent woman. When pictures of the evening showed up on the friends myspace page and he was able to show proof, and the response was "she is not calling" They got him to call his friend to get her number and Tim remeber how she said she texts, so he text,
"I was wondering if you free on Friday?"
"May go see Superbad why whats up?"
"wondering if you wanted to do something"
"Want to go with us?"
Looking back this may have been the point where things went wrong, Tim should have suggested something with just the two of us, instead of a group thing where she is surrounded by friends, but that is the greatest thing about hind sight, you can look back and see thing from more then just the angle you are looking at. Super bad got canceled because Dorthy didn't get off of work until after the last showing started, so Tim offered her another night but Dorthy was unsure about her schedule and couldn't commit to a day.
"Well another time" Tim replied.
When Friday came around he got a message.
"You want to go to Meatball Magic tonight"
She had messaged him, asking him out. He had no clue what the night might bring but she had asked him. In the end she was late over an hour, the club was a gay bar and the date involved her friends. Okay maybe she wanted to get her friends input before committing to a date, or a what do you thing. On Tuesday she messaged him asking him to go to the movies but he had to work and then on Thursday she messaged.
"You coming tomorrow?"
"Where and when?"
"Same place as last time about 9:30"
"Sounds good"
9:30 turned in to 10:30 and that to about 11. Se never said anything about anybody else, will she be alone? Could this be a date? Does she like me? She has to right call me this much right?
And then she walked through the door, wearing the same wonderful black dress that she wore the night they met, and behind her was another guy. "Hey Tim" she said with a large smile leaning forward to give him a hug. " This is my friend Jeremy" and there it was another friend who was there for the evening. Wonderful how was he suppose to take her out if they were never alone? As the evening went on Jeremy was a very cool guy and Tim was sure that they could be cool friends. At one point this army reject walked up to Dorthy and said "You like money"
"Excuse me!?!"
"Your Asian, your into that sort of thing, come check out my car" as he walked to the door all three followed to look at some newer model Mercedes. They went back to the bar and the seating order was Tim, Dorthy, and the jerk. They guy was trying to tell her some stupid thing about tis or that and she turns to Tim and says in a very ticked off voice "I am going to the can" and turns and walks off. Asshole at this point leans off and says to Tim "She is smokin" "Yeah I know" and a look that follow was one that told the guy I will not back down and I can take you in a fight. He blinked and turned to Jeremy,"So you gay or bi?" "No man I am straight""Oh cool man I hear ya" and the thought of having to kick his ass from coming on to anybody arose in Tim's mind.
A few minutes later when Dorthy returned taking her seat again she turned to Tim and said "It is getting cold in here" Tim wearing a open button up shirt and one under neath took off the button and put it around her shoulders. Leaning in she whispered "Thanks but be careful he might try to jump you or something." "After years of self defense classes I have nothing to worry about from him." Tim looking back up at the jerk and couldn't help but laugh. Butt face realizing that no one was talking to him got up and walked out of the bar leaving the three to further make fun of him.
By the end of the evening at the bar Tim had saved Jeremy form doing a few stupid drunk things and stared and smiled with Dorthy. When the bar closed she suggested Taco Bell and Tim followed her as she drove ahead. The only thin open at that time of night is te drive through so when they were all done ordering they pulled over and Tim got into the back seat while they were in the front laughing and telling stories from each past. As Dorthy's eyes were crawling shut she said how she needed to go to sleep. Biding them all a good night and giving Dorthy a hug Tim got back into his car and drove home. On the drive home one thought was playing through his mind, "Fuck!!! I'm in the friends category again!"
