Friday, April 21, 2006
What else happened while I was gone?
Well…I ended up giving Kev my cell number and going home, with a promise that he would call me the next day and we would have a date. My Saturday was busy, with the drive back from my Sister's place to Mom's in time for her to hit the store, a shopping trip to get my SIL a birthday gift, a nap, and a family dinner. In the middle of all this I was wondering if he would actually be a man of his word and call. As I was feeding my niece her bottle the phone rang. I didn't really want to stop what I was doing - I was bonding with Baby O after all - but my SIL was insistent that I take the call. Of course it was Kev, so I caved and took the phone into my room where we chatted for a little bit. He was still interested! Although neither of us had any idea what to do. Since we were still in the middle of dinner I said I would call him back when we were done. After dessert, he called back with a question but since everyone was still around we kept the call brief and again I said I would call him later. After everyone had left and I was just trying to finish my tea, he called for a third time…very persistent but in a good way! He called to ask if I was interested in going to a hockey game. Obviously he doesn't know me very well because he could've just told me we were going and I would've been happy. The problem was that the game had just started, my clothes were covered with baby snot and hadn't showered yet today. AND I was a 30 minute drive to the arena. He said no problem, just call me when you're almost there. So I took the quickest shower of my life, tried to find a clean shirt and got my sister to drive me down. I made it there halfway through the second period, but he didn't seem to mind too much even though, as I found out later from his friend, he spent over $600 for the two tickets!! For a first date!!! I think this boy likes me.
So what else happened? Turns out a friend of the family was at the same game so my brother kept calling me to try and make sure we found each other at some point while we were there. He was very persistent, especially when I opted not to answer his calls. We finally found each other after the game at Lord Stanley's Mug which was great - until I found out I was being chaperoned. Bad big brother!! It was actually kind of funny because the only time he's cared in the past was when I was dating one of his friends. Oh well, he meant well. And the boys, they actually hit it off. There ended up being 5 of us on my date since Kev's friend was also at the game, so we headed to the Loose Moose for more drinks. I bought the beer and everything was going great until one point where all the boys were chatting amongst themselves and I was being ignored. I wasn't too happy about that so I texted my sister to see if she was still in the neighbourhood - with no response - so ended up taking the opportunity to head to the ladies room. When I returned, the guys realized that they messed up and decided to include me in some of the conversation. One by one they started to leave and I finally had Kev all to myself, with a promise to meet up with his friend Jon shortly. We didn't make it over to the next bar fast enough because we were too busy getting to know each other better so by the time we arrived, he was already on his way back to Kev's to sleep. Which meant we had the rest of the night to ourselves. Our next stop…C'est What? A cute place with a couple of pool tables that we were able to take advantage of.
For me, pool is always fun on a date. It gives me a could idea of what a guy is like, how they handle getting beat by a girl (sometimes) and if they try to let me win or not. I don't like it when they let me win. I'd rather have a guy play well and if I can't beat him, then so be it. Kev tried to let me win but I called him on it and then we decided to play for something interesting. It started with a kiss, and worked up to a visit to Chicago if I won and breakfast in the morning if he won. Being the competitive person I am, I wanted to win. And that's when he played like he meant it and kicked my ass. I guess he goes after what he wants, but all I gave him was a kiss at that point. A spine tingling sensual kiss and it was heaven. We then moved to the couches by the fireplace and tried to learn more about each other since our time together was very limited and before we knew it, it was closing time. What to do next? We stood on the corner with him trying to convince me to extend the night by going to his place and me trying to figure out if that's what I wanted to do. Otherwise, it was a long cab ride home by myself, which he offered to pay for by the way. In the end, I took a chance and we hopped in a cab together. I wasn't ready to let the night be over and wanted to see if he was worth the effort of another long distance try - something I said I would never do again! We get back to his place and the first thing that needed to be done was wake up Jon and get him onto the couch. Kev made up the couch for him while I turned on the lights in the bedroom to see if that was enough to make Jon stir. It wasn't, but once I called out his name, he opened his eyes and once he realized it was me, he quickly got up and moved to the other room so Kev and I could have some privacy. And before you start thinking it, I'm not that kind of girl! I borrowed a t-shirt and shorts and we were both clothed the entire night. We did have a little bit of fun but it was mainly talking, kissing and cuddling. He was a sweetheart and my most favourite memory from that time was when he was lying there looking into my eyes and brushing back my hair. It felt so wonderful and made me feel special.
Eventually we fell asleep but not too much later my phone started beeping. And beeping and ringing and more beeping. Being a 33 year old adult that lives on my own, I didn't think to let anyone know I wasn't coming home that evening so my sister became paranoid and tried getting a hold of me. I ignored it for as long as I could but it continued and she even went as far as to call Kev (I had given her his number earlier in the evening just in case). When I eventually tried to call her back, I had no signal so tried to text her instead which also was difficult and finally we were able to sleep in peace. Then, out of guilt, at 8:30am I decided it was time to go home. It was a struggle to get out of bed, especially since neither of us are morning people, and the drive back to Mom's was a quiet one, but I felt comfortable. We never did have breakfast though.
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