This was what a good friend told me after we had just left the apartment of a friend of his. The three of us had just spent a couple of awesome hours on a nearby bar's patio in the summer sun. See, she had just invited me to stay with her and watch a movie when my buddy had to leave for a prior engagement. I didn't quite clue in quickly enough. I just zoned out and wasn't paying much attention to who was talking to who. Stupid, stupid stupid.
I'd never admit it by my immediate reaction was, "oh shit - he's right."
As the perpetually single buddy and all round "nice guy", I don't have much radar for these kinds of situations. When he told me that she just had her boyfriend break up with her (over the phone no less, what a pussy), I took that to mean it was a sensitive subject and to avoid it. You know, that take-the-high-road, be-a-good-guy and be-there-for-her-as-a-sounding-board position.
What he really meant was for it to be that, she's vulnerable and to be-there-for-her-as-a-revenge-via-rough-sex-board.
I totally flaked on the signs. Even though I think noticed them. I've met her before (she barely remembered me - not good) and she's a cool chick. One of those ass-kicking, able to handle life kinda girls. Cute as a button, not gonna model, but with big baby blues you can't help but notice. And my buddy said she had significant "skills" when they dated.
There was a lot of smiling back and forth, slightly too long eye contact, and no awkward chatting when we were left alone. Now I may get some credit by earlier inviting her to come for beers with some friends on our regular meet up night as she only lives a few blocks from me. Guess I blew the execution after the (accidentally) smooth setup eh?
UPDATE: She just added me on Facebook; she must have searched me through my buddy's friends list. And no, she's not one of those 467,000 friend-padding types that need new friends to justify their existence. This just got a bit more dramatic, crap.
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