January 26, 2006 (Thursday): After taking the same bus from school to the bus station, I casually (...totally nervously) ask if "there's a chance we could hang out when we're not waiting for a bus." Then she asks, "'Hang out?' You mean, like, 'go out?'" And then I say, "Sure." And then shesuggests that we go see a movie!
Commentary: As a guy, that makes it a whole lot easier; if I don't directly ask her out, I won't directly get shot down (hence the original wording "hang out"). But if she's interested, who am I to refuse?
January 31, 2006 (Tuesday): Both of us are taking the bus from the station to our houses; I ask for her contact info and things are looking great. She asks if she can bring a friend along, and before I could think of something cool to say (if it really was a date - which I thought it was - it would be a little weird with someone tagging along), she drops this on me: "He likes movies too..."
Commentary: "He!?" Girls aren't allowed to talk about their male platonic friends when setting up a date. Seriously, don't do that, girls. I didn't know what to think the whole time I was walking home.
My source told me that "he" really does exist (as opposed to just being made up as a defense mechanism), but he's just acting as her "screener / protector," and that this is standard procedure for girls. I was also told that I should be prepared for anything; he could be gay and a non-threat, but on the other hand he could be a total stud too.
February 2, 2006 (Thursday): I see her again at the bus station taking the same bus to school and the first thing I remember hearing from her is "He can't make it so it's just going to be the two of us." WHEW. We plan the bus route together (her more than me, really). We have no idea what we are going to see, though.
February 3, 2006 (Friday): We meet on the 267 and get off at Colorado Blvd. and (I believe) Los Roblos Ave. It doesn't take long for us to reach this theater. Clearly she's been here before as she's leading me around, but then I tell her that I actually have been at the theater before when I saw Kill Bill Vol. 2 with my PCC friends.
It would still be a while before the start of any movie, so we decide to grab lunch at Gelson's Market. She gets macaroni & cheese, potato wedges, and one of those flavored waters, and I get macaroni & cheese, a corndog, and root beer. We both agree that the macaroni & cheese wasn't spectacular (it felt a little powdery), and my corndog was simply just a corndog. She does share her potato wedges with me, so that has to be a good thing, right? During this time she gets a call from one of her (female) friends and says "I'm having lunch with Justin," which I take as a good thing. Then later on I make sure to squeeze out a few more movies (for later days) because there really is a lot to do near the theater.
We see Big Momma's House 2, which we agree is not as good as the first one. (Really, there were only a handful of really funny moments, and I didn't like any of the characters. The sub-plots weren't all that hot either...)
When waiting for the bus she gets a call from "Nick" and I am once again in disarray.
Commentary: My source tells me that I didn't lose any points for not showing her around and not paying for everything (it was as though she went out of her way to pay for her own stuff, a sort of independence I should admire and respect). Her mentioning me to her friend does speak volumes as I suspected, and I should be prepared to add "Nick" to my friends list; all I need to do is figure out what to do after I run out of ideas (and, most likely, money).
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Commentary: As a guy, that makes it a whole lot easier; if I don't directly ask her out, I won't directly get shot down (hence the original wording "hang out"). But if she's interested, who am I to refuse?
January 31, 2006 (Tuesday): Both of us are taking the bus from the station to our houses; I ask for her contact info and things are looking great. She asks if she can bring a friend along, and before I could think of something cool to say (if it really was a date - which I thought it was - it would be a little weird with someone tagging along), she drops this on me: "He likes movies too..."
Commentary: "He!?" Girls aren't allowed to talk about their male platonic friends when setting up a date. Seriously, don't do that, girls. I didn't know what to think the whole time I was walking home.
My source told me that "he" really does exist (as opposed to just being made up as a defense mechanism), but he's just acting as her "screener / protector," and that this is standard procedure for girls. I was also told that I should be prepared for anything; he could be gay and a non-threat, but on the other hand he could be a total stud too.
February 2, 2006 (Thursday): I see her again at the bus station taking the same bus to school and the first thing I remember hearing from her is "He can't make it so it's just going to be the two of us." WHEW. We plan the bus route together (her more than me, really). We have no idea what we are going to see, though.
February 3, 2006 (Friday): We meet on the 267 and get off at Colorado Blvd. and (I believe) Los Roblos Ave. It doesn't take long for us to reach this theater. Clearly she's been here before as she's leading me around, but then I tell her that I actually have been at the theater before when I saw Kill Bill Vol. 2 with my PCC friends.
It would still be a while before the start of any movie, so we decide to grab lunch at Gelson's Market. She gets macaroni & cheese, potato wedges, and one of those flavored waters, and I get macaroni & cheese, a corndog, and root beer. We both agree that the macaroni & cheese wasn't spectacular (it felt a little powdery), and my corndog was simply just a corndog. She does share her potato wedges with me, so that has to be a good thing, right? During this time she gets a call from one of her (female) friends and says "I'm having lunch with Justin," which I take as a good thing. Then later on I make sure to squeeze out a few more movies (for later days) because there really is a lot to do near the theater.
We see Big Momma's House 2, which we agree is not as good as the first one. (Really, there were only a handful of really funny moments, and I didn't like any of the characters. The sub-plots weren't all that hot either...)
When waiting for the bus she gets a call from "Nick" and I am once again in disarray.
Commentary: My source tells me that I didn't lose any points for not showing her around and not paying for everything (it was as though she went out of her way to pay for her own stuff, a sort of independence I should admire and respect). Her mentioning me to her friend does speak volumes as I suspected, and I should be prepared to add "Nick" to my friends list; all I need to do is figure out what to do after I run out of ideas (and, most likely, money).
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