Some Interesting News....
Jun. 27th, 2005 12:47 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tspencer227So Thursday while we were out to sea, I was talking to a couple of the folks that work for me during the ship's cleaning hour, Bob (the Lame-Ass roommate), and Shannon, one of my newer girls. Somehow in the course of the conversation, Bob started talking about his newest crush- yet another Henry's waitress- and Shannon said she wasn't sure where or what Henry's was. I jumped in at that point.
"Oh, it's a bar/ nightclub downtown. I took Rachel and her best friend there a while back when she was in town for Spring Break."
Shannon's eyes lit up. "Oh, you mean Diana?? She's GORGEOUS!!!!"
Bob burst out laughing, and I could feel my cheeks starting to burn.
"Yes, I know." I replied sheepishly, trying to hide the silly grin that had already started to tug at the corners of my mouth.
Shannon looked at me expectantly. "Oh really now? Well, out with it- it sounds as if there's a good story there..."
Bob started chuckling again as I filled Shannon in on the truncated (read:G-rated) version of what happened that night. Bob shot me a look that told me he knew more, but didn't say anything. Shannon looked thoughtful for a second.
"Well, you know she's moving down here sometime in the next year, right? She's looking to finally get away from her parents and finish her degree and master's down here in San Diego."
Oooooh. Not was I was expecting to hear. Before she'd even finished speaking I could feel my mind revving up to its redline and my imagination spooling up to full boost.
That girl had succeeded in getting into my head in a way that most others I've met in the last couple of years haven't, and no matter how hard I tried, she was still lurking around in the back of my mind from time to time. Even though it had only been one night, it had been enough to hook me- and not just by the short and curlies, either.
Shannon was still talking as my attention drifted back from recent memories.
"...and as a matter of fact, Rachel and I are trying to talk her into coming down for the 4th of July weekend. It looks like she's going to come too, since she said she needs to get out of the house for a little while."
She smiled at me.
"And don't worry, if we do bring her down, you'll be the first one to know. As a matter of fact, I'm planning on having a barbecue at my place again- I'll let you know about it- we'll have to see if we can rekindle something there...after all, she's a really, REALLY good girl, and you two would be so CUTE together!" She said the last part with a wink and a giggle.
Other thoughts came to mind. Strange, everybody else that had met Diana while she was down here before had said what a good girl she was, etc etc etc... and none of them would have ever thought she'd just almost hook up with one of her best friend's coworkers. The mind raced back up to full speed as I chewed on that for a moment. I'd pretty much convinced myself that maybe it had all just been a fluke, that she'd just needed a bit of a release over her spring break. I know it wasn't the alcohol- she paced me drink for drink (all three of them) that night, and I couldn't taste even the faintest hint of any intoxicants on her lips. Hmmmm....maybe it hadn't been just a fluke after all....
Shannon was looking at me expectantly. "So, what are you thinking about?"
With a sigh, I filled her in on what had happened at our parting, her concerns about her parents, and her request (that I've honored completely faithfully) that I not talk to her. Shannon looked thoughtful for a moment.
"Well, if she's standing up to her parents enough to move down here, maybe she's planning on standing up to them on a few other things as well?"
I smiled and shook my head. "It'd be nice, but I'm not getting my spirits up. We'll just see what happens when she comes down; at the very least, it'll be interesting."
Shannon laughed and nodded in agreement, then wandered off to finish cleaning an air compressor before the end of the cleaning hour.
I've tried not to think about it too terribly much since I found out last week, but my mind is still reeling at the thought of how this could work out. After all, Rachel doesn't live too terribly far away from me, and we hang out outside of work a LOT. I've also suspected for a while that she has a bit of a thing for me, but I've always made it clear that I'm not going to date anybody I work with, and I think she respects that. But bringing Diana into that whole equation....could complicate things, to say the least. I'm not sure if in a good way, or a bad way either. Nor have I decided how to really take the news about her moving down. Granted, I'm glad she's finally getting away from her parents- they've been too much of a stressor in her life for too long, in the opinion of most of us- but I'm also trying to figure out what happened with us, and what this could mean for any potential long- term "us" when she does move down. At least, that's how I think when I allow myself to. After all, we're talking months most likely until she moves down, and with work going like it is, I'm getting enough new gray hairs in my head- I really don't need to try and think about a girl that I once almost had a thing with once upon a time.
Not now.
Not yet.
Not here.
"Oh, it's a bar/ nightclub downtown. I took Rachel and her best friend there a while back when she was in town for Spring Break."
Shannon's eyes lit up. "Oh, you mean Diana?? She's GORGEOUS!!!!"
Bob burst out laughing, and I could feel my cheeks starting to burn.
"Yes, I know." I replied sheepishly, trying to hide the silly grin that had already started to tug at the corners of my mouth.
Shannon looked at me expectantly. "Oh really now? Well, out with it- it sounds as if there's a good story there..."
Bob started chuckling again as I filled Shannon in on the truncated (read:G-rated) version of what happened that night. Bob shot me a look that told me he knew more, but didn't say anything. Shannon looked thoughtful for a second.
"Well, you know she's moving down here sometime in the next year, right? She's looking to finally get away from her parents and finish her degree and master's down here in San Diego."
Oooooh. Not was I was expecting to hear. Before she'd even finished speaking I could feel my mind revving up to its redline and my imagination spooling up to full boost.
That girl had succeeded in getting into my head in a way that most others I've met in the last couple of years haven't, and no matter how hard I tried, she was still lurking around in the back of my mind from time to time. Even though it had only been one night, it had been enough to hook me- and not just by the short and curlies, either.
Shannon was still talking as my attention drifted back from recent memories.
"...and as a matter of fact, Rachel and I are trying to talk her into coming down for the 4th of July weekend. It looks like she's going to come too, since she said she needs to get out of the house for a little while."
She smiled at me.
"And don't worry, if we do bring her down, you'll be the first one to know. As a matter of fact, I'm planning on having a barbecue at my place again- I'll let you know about it- we'll have to see if we can rekindle something there...after all, she's a really, REALLY good girl, and you two would be so CUTE together!" She said the last part with a wink and a giggle.
Other thoughts came to mind. Strange, everybody else that had met Diana while she was down here before had said what a good girl she was, etc etc etc... and none of them would have ever thought she'd just almost hook up with one of her best friend's coworkers. The mind raced back up to full speed as I chewed on that for a moment. I'd pretty much convinced myself that maybe it had all just been a fluke, that she'd just needed a bit of a release over her spring break. I know it wasn't the alcohol- she paced me drink for drink (all three of them) that night, and I couldn't taste even the faintest hint of any intoxicants on her lips. Hmmmm....maybe it hadn't been just a fluke after all....
Shannon was looking at me expectantly. "So, what are you thinking about?"
With a sigh, I filled her in on what had happened at our parting, her concerns about her parents, and her request (that I've honored completely faithfully) that I not talk to her. Shannon looked thoughtful for a moment.
"Well, if she's standing up to her parents enough to move down here, maybe she's planning on standing up to them on a few other things as well?"
I smiled and shook my head. "It'd be nice, but I'm not getting my spirits up. We'll just see what happens when she comes down; at the very least, it'll be interesting."
Shannon laughed and nodded in agreement, then wandered off to finish cleaning an air compressor before the end of the cleaning hour.
I've tried not to think about it too terribly much since I found out last week, but my mind is still reeling at the thought of how this could work out. After all, Rachel doesn't live too terribly far away from me, and we hang out outside of work a LOT. I've also suspected for a while that she has a bit of a thing for me, but I've always made it clear that I'm not going to date anybody I work with, and I think she respects that. But bringing Diana into that whole equation....could complicate things, to say the least. I'm not sure if in a good way, or a bad way either. Nor have I decided how to really take the news about her moving down. Granted, I'm glad she's finally getting away from her parents- they've been too much of a stressor in her life for too long, in the opinion of most of us- but I'm also trying to figure out what happened with us, and what this could mean for any potential long- term "us" when she does move down. At least, that's how I think when I allow myself to. After all, we're talking months most likely until she moves down, and with work going like it is, I'm getting enough new gray hairs in my head- I really don't need to try and think about a girl that I once almost had a thing with once upon a time.
Not now.
Not yet.
Not here.
