Sipping the Tea

I am slightly in love. Just slightly.

I mean, he has no idea, and I'm sort of bad at flirting, so ... I'm sure he'll be surprised once he discovers he's the object of my attention. We play CS (Counterstrike) together (he's one of my brother's very good friends) and met when I was in Augusta a few weeks ago.

It was one of those entirely unexpected things. I knew he was coming over with a lot of the other guys (I was the only female, as usual. ) but I didn't expect anything from meeting him...

Then, there I was, my hair mussed up, smoking hooka with the guys on the porch (not a very common thing we do, just for party times), barefoot and probably looking slightly like a hippie - not the best first impression.

He has blue eyes, bluer than anything I've seen.

I shook his hand.

Starting up an intelligent conversation about Dante's Inferno didn't help either. Or that he has two jobs, has been to Italy, doesn't want to settle for less, can't spell but is a brilliant biologist and mathematician, has a goofy sense of humor and wears converse.

Since it was our Get Together week, we played Laser tag the next day - I was trying to flirt.

But since I've been around most of these guys for forever (since I was a little girl), it was hard... I mean, I tease all of them, hug all of them, ruffle their hair. They're my brothers.

Everyone has been urging me to go down and ask him out on a date, but ... we live so far from each other. I've seen people make it work, but I've seen it crash and burn so hard at the same time. I know, a date is simpler than what I'm talking about, but he's also my brother's good friend, and while my brother knows I'm attracted, he probably thinks I won't act on it - as usual.

We've been talking a lot over the internet since the visit, and I've decided that I'm going back to Augusta at the end of July (or earlier). I want to see him, just to see what happens...

Today I was running downstairs and I shouted to Linda, "I think I'm going to make a trip to Augusta soon."

She had a smile in her voice when, after a moment, she asked, "Who is he?"

I was astounded, and so very caught. Who knew it showed?

I told her his name, and she laughed.


...I hope this works. Any suggestions?