“You would be really hot if you lost 20 pounds”
It has been a couple of weeks since our trip to south Florida and my time with Ray. Sara keeps pressing me for details about our night together but I refuse to tell her. Some things should not be shared and that was one of them. Though every time she asks me a question my face gets red and I can’t stop smiling. It was the most amazing, mind blowing night of my life. She just giggles and gives me this knowing look like welcome to the club. We didn’t really talk about what happens next but he did ask that if I come down again that I let him know.
He was pretty up front about his life style with me so I can see why dating is not something he does that much of. Long nights at work, no weekends off, and of course tons of girls flirting with him. This I saw for myself when I was at the club. A few girls gave him their underwear they were wearing at the time…ewww! I know my undies are not cheap so I will be damned if I give them away for some guy especially if I had been wearing them at the time. This could pose a problem in the trust category. He is awake when most people are asleep and misses most of the fun events that happen. We have sent texts back and forth a few times and he has a wicked sense of humor. Yeah I think I am in like with him but how the heck will this even work out? Wow dating really sucks!
“You know how to cook eggplant?” I look up to see this nice looking guy standing across from me in the produce aisle staring at me. I am holding an eggplant in my hand that I picked out for dinner tonight. “Um, yes.” He comes closer and extends his hand. “My name is Luis. You have a great smile if you don’t mind me saying so.” This of course makes me smile even more. I shake his hand, “Hi I’m Annie and thank you for the compliment.” We make small talk for a few minutes standing in there next to the eggplants. He is 5’ 8”, light brown eyes, slim build with a bald head which I find very sexy for some reason. I find out he is 45, loves to go dancing and he laughs like Count Dracula from Sesame Street. I tell him this and he finds this funny.
“It was nice meeting you Luis but I better get going. I do have an eggplant to cook.” I walk away and can feel his eyes on me. Two aisles over I am looking at the wine trying to decide which one will go best with our dinner tonight. “May I suggest a Point Noir or a Chardonnay if you are undecided?” Luis is standing next to me with a bottle of wine in his hand. “I am not following you I swear. We just happen to be looking for the same thing and this grocery store is pretty small.” I laugh and grab a bottle of each. “Thanks. I know you aren’t following me but if I walk out to my car and you are there then I may start to worry.” He smiles at this and I see he has this small scar on his upper lip that gives him this edge of mystery. Interesting.
“I like your style Annie you are pretty funny. Would you be interested in going to dinner with me tonight?” Whoa this guy doesn’t waste any time. “Oh, well that would be nice but I already have plans.” I hold up the eggplant and the wine. He doesn’t skip a beat. “But of course. What about tomorrow night? You don’t have to say anything right now. Here is my phone number give me a call later if you want to have dinner with me.” He hands me his card. “Hope to hear from you soon Annie.” And with that he walks away leaving me holding his card. I flip it over and read it. It is his business card and his cell phone number is written in at the bottom.
I am back at the apartment and Sara and I are making dinner. “Are you going to call him or not?” I am flipping the breaded eggplant slices in olive oil and sipping my glass of wine. “I don’t know. I mean I want to but what about Ray? Would it be bad if I went out with this guy? I mean it is only dinner what’s the big deal?” Sara laughs. “Who are you trying to convince me or yourself? You said he seemed nice and you aren’t dating Ray. So you had a wonderfully hot sexy night together….at least I think you did since you won’t give me any details! The point is you can’t sit here and wait for some guy you have to go out there and enjoy yourself.” She hands me the phone. I sigh, take it and dial his number.
Here I stand once again in front of the mirror getting ready for yet another date. I feel like I am in a scene from Ground Hogs Day. Forced to relive the same day over and over again until I get it right. The only difference is the male leads change but the heroine stays the same. Will I ever get it right? I apply my lipstick and smile. Only time and patience will tell. Sara checks me over for approval. “Annie you look fabulous as usual! Make sure you have your phone on you.” I give her my famous smirk, “yes Sara I know the drill. I am meeting him at Lulu’s in 20 minutes so I better get going. Don’t get distracted this time by Tom.”
“I heard that Annie!” Tom is sitting in the living room with a wicked grin on his face. Yeah I know that look. He is just counting the minutes til I am gone so he can pounce on Sara. Sara gives me a quick hug and pushes me out the door. “I promise I will call this time.” Driving to the restaurant I think back to my time with Ray again. Why can I not get him out of my head? Maybe because I experienced things I never have before. I want that but I want all of it is that too much to ask for?
Dinner is going well with Luis and the conversation is flowing well. The waitress comes over and he orders us each another glass of wine. I excuse myself to the restroom because the wine is starting to get to me. I send Sara a text while I am in there letting her know so far so good. Of course she doesn’t respond…argh. Damn their libido!
“Luis, can I ask you how you got that scar?” He touches it and I don’t think he even realizes he does it. “I got into a car accident about 2 years old and I was pretty lucky that no one got hurt. This scar is from the glass when it broke on impact. I was in the hospital for a few days the accident did a number on my back. Now it is my turn to make an observation. You are a very good looking woman and you have curves in all the right places. But if you lost about 20 lbs. you would be so hot.” I put my wine glass down. “Excuse me?”
“No, no I didn’t mean it like that. You look great just the way you are. I was just thinking that if we worked out together that people would look at us and think how hot we are together. I feel a connection to you and I want people to be in awe of us when we walk down the street together.” I am staring at him like he is crazy. “Luis is this something you do on all your first dates? Do you feel the need to say anything that is on your mind regardless of whether it hurts the other person or not?” He must see something in my eyes because he pulls my glass of wine closer to him. I stand up to leave and he grabs my hand. “Please. I’m sorry I really didn’t mean it the way it came out. Sit down people are looking over here.”
“No you meant it the way it came out and I don’t care who is looking at us. And get your damn hands off of me. And here’s the thing Luis, I can lose weight but you will always be an asshole.” I turn and walk out and can hear some applause and even some giggles. Great. I don’t think I will be eating here any time soon. I am walking to my car when my cell phone rings, it’s Sara. I am getting ready to say hello when I see John leaning against my car. What the hell? Can this night get any more insane?
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