When Our Eyes Met
When all the odds are against you at finding love, what do you do? You go out with a bunch of your closest friends and party all night long! We were busy with our final exams and we felt we needed a night out. “We are entitled to one care free night! Where we are not high school students, where studying is not part of our lives!” Micke exclaimed. I knew she was right. I also knew that I had to do well to get into a good college. I want to study law. “I vote for a break. One night won’t hurt anyone, right?” I said. “Let’s get dolled up, and go dance until the sun comes up!” I knew I would regret this in the morning. We were writing Economics in the morning and writing Economics on any given day was hell. Writing Economics with a hangover, that’s just suicide.
We got to Calego’s at 6PM and went straight for the bar. “Tray of tequila please.” I order our drinks whilst the girls got us a table. We always chose the table right next to the dance floor. I was a bit of a dance freak. Not the rave type. I loved the dirty dancing, the salsa, the jazz. Pretty much any Latin dancing. Pity I did not have someone that felt the same way. It would be great to find someone that I can go dancing with. I sighed. My life is a mess. I left my long term boyfriend, I wanted to experience being single. I do miss him but I also realized that we had different paths ahead and we were better off as friends.
I sat down at the table. “Oh my word Lee, I cannot believe you came!” I smiled when I said that. Lee was one of my first friends in high school. She had a boyfriend and spent all of her time with him. “Yeah, Tim thought we should go out. I want you to meet one of his friends.” She said. “Oh no, no. I am not falling for your blind date crap again. Last time I had to endure 6 hours of Star Wars and I honestly cannot put myself through something like that again.” I said. She just smiled and turned around to call Tim and his friend. At first I could not see him as it’s dark inside. When he got closer, our eyes met and I was speechless. He was average looking. But something in his eyes awakened something in me. “Hi, I’m Ross.” He said. “You can call me J. Everyone does.” I told him. “Would you like to dance?” he asked, holding out his hand. I quickly downed two shots of tequila, took his hand and followed him to the dance floor. Grease Lightning Melody came on. “I love this song!’ I screamed. “Let’s show them how this is done, shall we?” he said. He was an incredible dancer. We danced the whole night and only took a time out when we drank shots. I never wanted this night to end.
The bar called last round. Just like that, the night was ending. “J, I know you just met the guy. But I see the look in your eyes. Don’t go there.” Amanda said. “Trust me when I say this. Let him stay a memory.” She said. I looked at her confused. “I am unsure of the meaning of what you just said. Hell I am unsure if I even heard you right.” I said. “Just trust me Jess. Just. Trust. Me”. With that statement hanging in the air, we went home.
We got to Calego’s at 6PM and went straight for the bar. “Tray of tequila please.” I order our drinks whilst the girls got us a table. We always chose the table right next to the dance floor. I was a bit of a dance freak. Not the rave type. I loved the dirty dancing, the salsa, the jazz. Pretty much any Latin dancing. Pity I did not have someone that felt the same way. It would be great to find someone that I can go dancing with. I sighed. My life is a mess. I left my long term boyfriend, I wanted to experience being single. I do miss him but I also realized that we had different paths ahead and we were better off as friends.
I sat down at the table. “Oh my word Lee, I cannot believe you came!” I smiled when I said that. Lee was one of my first friends in high school. She had a boyfriend and spent all of her time with him. “Yeah, Tim thought we should go out. I want you to meet one of his friends.” She said. “Oh no, no. I am not falling for your blind date crap again. Last time I had to endure 6 hours of Star Wars and I honestly cannot put myself through something like that again.” I said. She just smiled and turned around to call Tim and his friend. At first I could not see him as it’s dark inside. When he got closer, our eyes met and I was speechless. He was average looking. But something in his eyes awakened something in me. “Hi, I’m Ross.” He said. “You can call me J. Everyone does.” I told him. “Would you like to dance?” he asked, holding out his hand. I quickly downed two shots of tequila, took his hand and followed him to the dance floor. Grease Lightning Melody came on. “I love this song!’ I screamed. “Let’s show them how this is done, shall we?” he said. He was an incredible dancer. We danced the whole night and only took a time out when we drank shots. I never wanted this night to end.
The bar called last round. Just like that, the night was ending. “J, I know you just met the guy. But I see the look in your eyes. Don’t go there.” Amanda said. “Trust me when I say this. Let him stay a memory.” She said. I looked at her confused. “I am unsure of the meaning of what you just said. Hell I am unsure if I even heard you right.” I said. “Just trust me Jess. Just. Trust. Me”. With that statement hanging in the air, we went home.
