Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Tales of Summer Night - Part 1

Summer vacation ended, and I went back to school. Saw all my old friends for the first time in months. But they had changed, it was like they turned into adults. Some were wearing necklaces that boyfriends had given them over the summer, some were busy with their text messages with their girlfriends and even the shy ones were now know how to groom themselves. Many had rings, special rings that they hid from the world with band-aids. And all the people, the ones I used to hang out with all the time, now all have other plans. So, most days, after school, I'd be left all alone, by myself, to my own devices...feeling...I don't know. Then, I saw her, the girl with a lot of video games in her hand. She had a hard time carrying all the video games. She said 'hye' to me. We knew each other for quite a while already. I smiled at her back, thinking to myself, she is such a kid who loves to play video games. But why? What is is about her that I like so much? While looking at her walking away, I saw a video game on the floor. She might have dropped it. That night, while I was checking my facebook account, I've got a nudge on my messenger. She asked, "have you seen my Devil's Geisha?". It must be the video game she dropped just now. I said, "yes." She continued, "would you mind giving it to me tomorrow?" My heart started to pump harder. My thoughts whispered to me, "it's your chance, go ask her out..." Really? Should I? Why not? Seriously why not? I tried not to sound so trying too hard, "the night is still young, why don't I go to your place and just give it to you?" then I stopped my sentence for 10 seconds thinking what to type next, "then we can go get a drink or something....if you don't mind". That's a safe way to conclude my question, I thought. There was a silent pause, actually it was the longest 25 seconds in my entire life. Then finally, she replied, "sure, pick me up in 15 minutes."