I'll introduce the characters first. There's me. 3Bam. There's a girl [A Girl] who I knew in high school and recently reconnected with on the Bainbridge-Seattle Ferry. I saw romantic opportunity, and asked her to a movie with me. She has my number, but hadn't called yet, as I had told her my phone would be dead for the coming days. I suspect now she didn't call because of the fellow that appears in this story, referred to as [A Guy]3Bam: Hey.
[A Girl]: hi
3Bam: You like horror movies?
3Bam: Or movies?
[A Girl]: no she doenst
3Bam: Well, what does she like?
[A Girl]: Nothing to do with creepy kids that lay down in the middle of the street
Earlier that night, I had been cavorting about in the downtown area, and had at one point lain spread-eagle in the middle of a normally-busy intersection. I used to do this all the time as an exercise in abundance vs. scarcity.
3Bam: Hahahahah!
Ah.
That's old stuff.
[A Girl]: like and hour ago?
3Bam: Forgive me for indulging in the presence of an abundance of open road. For enjoying the things most would ignore and see as a waste.
Others see waste and the peculiar. I see opportunity for difference in experience.
----time passes----
[A Girl]: Your weird
3Bam: Some prefer that.
[A Girl]t: Some not all and not this one
3Bam: Hahah.
I have to ask, is this really [A Girl]?
She seemed so charming previously.
----time passes----
3Bam: In silence, I'm left to assume it is. That's a shame. I believed I'd found someone worth trying to spending time with. I was clearly misled.
[A Girl]: its actually not [A Girl]...
3Bam: Our conversation is done.
Thanks for your time anyway.
[A Girl]: no really its not
its her friend [A Guy]
Oh.3Bam: If I were given to such curiosities, I'd ask how info of my being "creep kids that lays down in the middle of the street" leaked so quickly.
But I don't particularly care.
It's genuinely beyond saving.
Thanks for your time.
Goodnight.
[A Girl]: I was waiting outside her work.
I think back to when I was laying the intersection and recall a male figure in a hooded sweatshirt sitting outside a popular restaurant. It was closed, and I paid the character no mind.3Bam: Ah, that was you.
[A Girl]: Yes
3Bam: Well, it's good to make your acquaintance, [A Guy].
Clearly, I've already made something of an impression. From this, you've extrapolated an assumption about my personality.
While there is little I can do to correct those assumptions, given human nature and the innate stubbornness therein, I can only say that I shall now retain my previous opinions of [A Girl].
-----time passes----
[A Girl]: You don't have to use big words to try and impress me...
or her
her mainly
3Bam: Articulation is important to me when I feel as though my reputation is on the line.
Being summed and dismissed with "your weird" aggravates me.
[A Girl]: Your reputation means nothing to me. I'm not from the island
3Bam: All good and well.
[A Girl]: word
3Bam: So can we get past "I saw him lay down in the street. He's weird." and progress to "Hey, maybe he's not so bad."
I mean, I kind of like [A Girl]. She and I talked on the way back to BI from Seattle.
That's how I came to add her on facebook and ( attempt ) to ask her out to a movie.
But. Given what you saw, you're somewhat against that.
I'm guessing.
I understand it can be off-putting.
[A Girl]: And you thought she was into you?
3Bam: Poor choice of words.
I saw an opportunity, I was going to try to take it.
I hardly had enough time to decided whether or not she was "into me."
But I figured "Why not?"
There are far worse things to do with my life than be interested in girls and take them on dates.
[A Girl]: I have to agree haha
But just not this one
3Bam: Ah. Taken?
Well, however it is.
I should more like to hear it from her.
[A Girl]: More or less
3Bam: You understand, yeah?
Says "single" on facebook.
I saw that and went all "Oh cool."
[A Girl]: Like I said more or less
3Bam: More or less single? Or more or less taken?
I mean, if it's "She's leaving on a boat. She won't be back. Don't get her tied back here" that's one thing.
"She's already seeing someone" is another.
And on and on and on.
[A Girl]: I won't be here.
I'm leaving soon too
3Bam: What's that to do with it? I don't understand.
Are you her boyfriend?
That would explain a lot.
( or at least this conversation )
( is she even there? )
[A Girl]: And once again I have to answer more or less
And no she's not
3Bam: Hahah.
So you are more-or-less her boyfriend?
[A Girl]: pretty much
3Bam: And she would say the same thing?
[A Girl]: I'd have to agree
3Bam: To be fair ( and I hope this doesn't land anyone in hot water ) I already asked her, and she said she would call me back. She's got my number already.
Though I understand that is more-or-less a polite way of blowing people off.
But I'm an optimistic guy.
[A Girl]: Hence the more or less.
No I'm not in town that often anymore
We both get it
But I'm back right now
So right now she's off limit
3Bam: Wait, wait, wait.
Okay.
When you're out...she's available.
But when you're here...she's yours?
Oh man.
[A Girl]: Kind of...it's complicated
3Bam: Sounds like it.
[A Girl]: Very
3Bam: Are you typically out for extended periods then? Is that why the arrangement was made?
[A Girl]: Yes
Months at a time
3Bam: You military? Fishing?
[A Girl]: Military
3Bam: Oh, cool!
What branch?
[A Girl]: Army
But alas I must cut our conversation short
I have something to do
3Bam: Okay.
If you would, tell [A Girl] I send an expressly friendly "Hello."
[A Girl]: Take care and I shall
3Bam: You also, [A Guy].
Safety + Peace