“You just gonna sit and stare?” asked Thao, snapping me out of the daze she put me in.
“Nah man, I wouldn’t even know what to say” I said with a hint of sadness. I didn’t have the best track record with women. They always seemed to put me into the “friend zone”, leaving me there to rot. At the ripe age of 22 I can honestly say that I am still a virgin. These experiences molded me into a guy who is scared of rejection, so I don’t even try to make connections with women anymore.
Thao knew how I felt, seeing as I always went to him to complain about being perpetually single. “Dude, if you don’t even try, you will never find that one girl who will take you seriously man”, Thao stated in a low and serious voice.
“Damn man…. You should put that on a fortune cookie” I joked, mostly trying to change the subject.
He didn’t laugh, he just stared at me for the longest time. It finally got to me after a minute, “Alright, alright. Ill go talk to her”.
I slowly pushed my joystick forward as I made my way up behind her. I saw that she was inspecting different soul eater collectable figurines. I finally came up to the right of her and inconspicuously started looking at figures next to her. I look over and say “A sound soul, dwells within a sound mind and a sound body”. She chuckles as she notices who I am dressed up as.
“That’s pretty good”, she says.
“You have got to be the best looking Maka here” I say with fake confidence
“Thank you, I love the outfit that you chose for soul. Its different” she says and gives me a heart melting smile.
“Soooooooo, is this your first time here?” I ask awkwardly
“Yea, me and my friend Jess finally saved enough money throughout the year to come down for the whole weekend. We have been wanting to do this for years, just never had the funds to come.” She explained in a cute ditzy enthusiasm.
I sat there smiling for a while, completely paralyzed not knowing what to say. I’m sure I freaked her out. Luckily my guardian angel came to my rescue.
“Hey Xavier, the event for the next Star Wars movie is gonna start soon.” Thao said trying to snap me out of my state.
“Uhhhh, yea right. Ummmmm, we should….. get going then.” I said stumbling over every other word.
Maka (since I still haven’t gotten her real name) started hopping up and down, “OHhhhhh, I want to see Star Wars stuff! Jess lets go see Star Wars!!!”
A cute Asian girl dressed as tsubaki turned and said, “Fine, but I get to choose the next event”. I looked up at Thao and saw a slight twinkle in his eyes as he inspected the new arrival.
“Uhh, well……if you want to join us you could probably get really good seats, the whole wheelchair thing has its perks.” I said regaining my composure.
“Oh really? That would be great”. Maka said.
We all headed in the same direction together with the girls leading the way and me and Thao following close behind.
“What the hell do I talk about”, I yell frantically in a quiet whisper.
“I don’t fuckin know, you gotta figure it out.” Thao replied in a similar tone
I make a point to drive up next to Maka and say, “You know, I feel pretty stupid asking, but I never got your name.”
“Oh, I’m Alexis.” She said with the same beautiful smile as before.
“Its nice to meet you, Alexis” I say returning a huge smile of my own. I come to the conclusion if I think too much on “what” I’m supposed to say then I will never get to say anything at all, so I silently strengthen my resolve to be a normal guy talking to a normal girl.
I am able to loosen up around Alexis, making jokes and exchanging personal information as we make our way to the room the event is being held. I make sure to look back a few minutes seeing Thao warm up to Jess in the same fashion as Alexis and I.
As we approached the room a group of young Asian girls, with their parents behind them, yelled, “Oh my God! You two are soooooo cute”
“You two look exactly like them!”
“Can we get a picture of both of you!” yelled one girl.
Alexis looked at me with a questioning look to see if I was alright with it. I shake my head, “Yea sure”. I raise my chair so that I am closer in height to Alexis as we get closer together. A few girls pull out their phones as the parents use the cameras around their necks to shoot a few photos. I can feel blood rushing to my face due to the close proximity of this beauty I had been admiring since we met.
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