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- We were just kicking into a version of Get A Daytime Job when
- she walked in. Damn she's hot. My attention was warped so that I screwed
- up the progression, earning me a dirty look from the lead guitar player.
- I didn't care. It isn't as if we ever get through a song without some
- sort of screwup.
- She sat down at one of the less filthy tables in the bar (Our
- band wasn't good enough to play in a not-so-filthy bar yet). I turned
- back to the drummer to try and get back on track. The song survived
- slightly mangled and we fell apart on cue, as usual.
- Jim, the lead guitar player, gave me a what-am-I-gonna-do-with-you
- look and call a set break. I slipped neatly out of my guitar strap and then
- spent two minutes trying to get the damn thing to stay leaning against my
- amplifier. She was waiting patiently for me to finish being manually inept.
- "Becky, I really glad you made it." as I strode to the table. Okay,
- 'strode' isn't too accurate. Hard to stride in a bar stuffed full of chairs
- tables. Let's just say I didn't fall down and leave it at that.
- "You guys sound good." She spoke as she stood up. It took me a second
- to realize that she had gotten ready for a hug. I did clasp her awkwardly
- but the moment was shot. (Beauty 1, Suave 0)
- "We really aren't that good, and I did screw up again. You see if
- I don't pay close attention, I get lost in the 16-bar blues around bar
- 9." Amazingly, she didn't seem instantly bored by my explanation. I skipped
- further detail and deftly switched the subject to food.
- "How about something to eat? I get starved about this far into a gig."
- About the only good thing about the bar was that it served a mean Double-
- Meat gyro. If my band could play well enough, we wouldn't play there.
- "That sounds great." We walked to the bar and I stood nervously until
- the bartender had time to wait on us. (Our band's salvation was the fact that
- the bar had a really loyal hard-drinking crowd that would fill up the place
- if we played there or not)
- "Two Meaters, and ..." and turned to get her drink preference and
- found her talking to Jim, the guitar player.
- "two Cokes." A pushed a $5 bill across the bar and turned back.
- In the first case, I shouldn't have been jealous. Jim had a steady
- girlfriend in our lead singer, and Becky and I had no commitments. Strangely
- enough, logic didn't seem to seep into my thought processes when I decided
- what to do next. I interrupted the conversation abruptly.
- "Hope you like Coke, Becky" My tail feathers puffed high in challenge
- to Jim for mating rites of the female. He didn't notice.
- "Jim was just telling me about the benefit you two did last December."
- Jim turned innocently to me. I realized that he had given me an excellent
- starting point for a topic. He even got out of my way by mumbling something
- about rewiring for the second set.
- "Yeah, well. We got together with our drummer and played at the
- Buckeye Youth Detention Center. We 'opened' up for a Reggae band who was
- a lot better than we were." Two seats at the bar opened up and we snatched
- them.
- "Just you, Jim and a drummer? What about the rest of your band?"
- "Most of them had gone home for Christmas by then. We just did a
- little power-trio kinda thing."
- The gyros arrived and I attacked mine ravenously. So fast that
- Becky started laughing at the white sauce dripping into my beard. I started
- laughing too and flicked a bit of sour cream at her. ( I hit the tip of
- her nose, one-in-a-million shot, eh?. I figured I'd hit her eye and she'd
- go home to take care of the burning disfigurment. Well, I thought that
- during the flight time of the sour cream blobule)
- Luckily, laughter seemed to be exponentially motivated that night
- and we ended up gasping for breath, our nearby bar mates finding reasons
- to move away from us to a table. I felt relieved, as the earlier tension
- was broken and I kind of laughed off my possessive emotions.
- By the time we finished our gyros, Jim was calling me from the stage
- over the microphone. I sheepishly hurried to my bass and zipped through some
- quick tuning checks that confirmed my suspicions. I was way out of tune. So
- another five minutes was shot with me playing with my pitches.
- When we finally got started, we played Goodnight Saigon, and Hey Joe
- without a break between them. Then we went on to Talkin' 'Bout a Revolution,
- Hello Hopeville, Sweet Home Chicago, and Knockin on Heaven's Door. (OK, did
- I ever say we weren't eclectic?)
- The highlight of my night was when I got to sing one of the few songs
- that I do; Little Wing. I closed my eyes and sang with all my feelings that
- I'd been cultivating quietly inside about Becky. I thought I was fantastic.
- Jim and the keyboard player told me it was cheesy afterwards. The drummer
- added 'maple syrup like'. I didn't care. It impressed Becky (remember? the
- only one who matters in this little play).
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- I was still riding high on her words when we were packing our gear
- and loading it into Gary's Ford van. Becky had stayed until we were done and
- I was fantasizing about walking her home (No I didn't drive. The bar is kinda
- close, okay?)
- After some terse agreements about next rehearsal and remedial blues
- lessons for me, I took my leave of my R&B compatriots and sought out my
- focus of the evening.
- She wasn't there.
- '*******SHIT!*******', I thought loud enough to hurt my mental ears.
- A quick interrogation of the bartender revealed that she'd left a few
- seconds before. I ran out of the bar and slid to a stop on the sidewalk.
- No where to be seen.
- I began to run back to the dorm, when I heard a voice from behind me.
- "Not leaving without me, are you?" (thank you God. Again)
- "No, no. I was just running after you. I thought you'd left without
- me."
- "Heaven forbid. Too dangerous for a sweet little thing like me." Yea,
- right. She could take out anyone of my roommates, easy. Just get them into
- a scissor lock with those swimmer's legs of hers and....
- That actually didn't sound like too bad of an idea.
- I didn't argue with her and mimed about in my Big Strong Macho
- Protector role for a minute. She laughed. (I was getting good at that).
- We didn't talk for much of the way home. Actually, we were across the
- street from the building when we finally stopped.
- "You know I'm not tired at all." She stated it firmly and resolutely.
- "What do you want to do?" I asked innocently hoping she wasn't
- thinking innocently. She started walking away from the dorm, back to the main
- drag. I followed until she found an all-night Greek place. We went in and
- got some baklava and Coke. (Don't tell me about calories. I don't want to
- hear it).
- Without out much prodding by myself, she took the baklava and fed me
- pieces she'd broken off with a fork.
- "Oh to be Emporer!" I sighed majestically. She laughed and stuck a bit
- of honey up my nose, which I of course projected out of my nose by laughing,
- causing disruption to the table next to us. We cracked up. I wondered if you
- could permenently damage something by laughing too hard or too much. After
- one look at her grinning with tears in her eyes, I decided I didn't care.
- The manager was giving us a dirty look so she (*note*) paid for our
- meal and we skeedaddled. ((I've been dying to use that word in a story))
- It was getting quite late, so we headed back to the dorm and let
- ourselves into the locked lobby. Both elevators were sitting there waiting.
- We hopped on one and she pushed 10. I took a bold (from my point of view) step
- and didn't push 12. I couldn't tell if she noticed or cared.
- The trip was too short. My nervousness level was reaching redline.
- I stepped off the elevator after her.
- "What's your room number?" she asked. If I didn't need my key to get
- in, I would have said something sophisticated like "1203. Come up and see me
- sometime."
- No... wait. That was some movei actress or something, right? Kind of
- glad I didn't say it, I guess.
- Split-seconds after her question my mouth did what my brain seemed too
- preoccupied to do.
- "1203."
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- ...trumpet fanfare. THE MOMENT had arrived. Her doorway.
- "I had a really nice time tonight." Agonizingly typical, I could almost
- hear her continue with '...still be friends...' or some equivalent variation.
- I was so caught up with myself I almost missed the next thing she did.
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- She kissed me.
- No I didn't take her into my arms, gaze deeply into her soul by way
- of her eyes, and kiss her heart to mine. I forgot to _do_ anything.
- The kiss. Hmmmm. How to describe it without dimestore cliches.
- Well, it was a lot more sticky and slippery than I'd anticipated. And
- it was very sweet. But that was the baklava I think.
- About all I can say is that is was wonderful. It was the kind of kiss
- that let's your heart soar out above the world shouting 'SHE KISSED ME'. I felt
- strong and caring and warm and sexy all at once.
- There wasn't anything electrical about it. I didn't feel sparks or get
- jolted so I put doubt into that tired description.
- Before I knew it, it was over. She drew back a few inches and looked
- into my wide-eyed face.
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- Luckily, my instincts took over. (If my ancestors had had my brain to
- lead them through courtship, the Wardens would have been snuffed out long ago)
- I kissed her back.
- This wasn't as incredible as the first, not being out of the blue or
- anything. But it was definitely something I'd like to make my life's pursuit.
- (JACK WARDEN ** KISSING BANDIT had a nice ring).
- I held her lips in mine. My breathing brightened me with her
- subtle perfumes while deafening me with it annoying noise. She pressed back,
- instigating subtle movements and shifts of lip-to-lip alignment. I learned
- quite a bit from her those fleeting seconds. I suspect my kissing improved
- greatly.
- But as all things do, the end of the kiss came. I really wasn't getting
- enough air and I was having a hard time from slobbering over her face as her
- shifts got slipperier. I didn't want to end it but somebody had to do it.
- I pulled back and drew in deep breaths trying to see if some of my
- sensations were due to lack of oxygen. She smiled, gave me a quick peck, and
- opened the door to her room. She had dexterity I didn't even dream of. I hadn't
- felt her unlock her door during the kiss.
- I looked into her room like a Viking gazing upon Valhalla. She was my
- personal Valkyrie, drawing onward to paradise. But not really.
- I realized that her doorway was a border to be crossed another time.
- She finished scribbling something down and handed me a scrap of paper.
- It read '293-7340. Call me tomorrow?'
- "With the greatest of pleasure, milady." I bowed.
- "Goodnight, Rebecca." I spoke it as if I were crafting a figurine of
- finest gold.
- "Goodnight," she replied and closed her door.
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- I made the walk back to my room slow. I wanted to savor the aura I
- felt. The only thing that made me go to bed was the anticipation of the next
- day. Tuesday.
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