By Wayne Harris-Wyrick (Bookworm Challenge, from the book “There”).
Definitely.
That’s what I should have said. Or ‘Sure. I’d love to.’ Almost anything would have been better than ‘Uh, maybe.’
Note to self: when a cute girl asks you if you want to get coffee, you make it sound like you really want to go with her. Right then and there. Don’t give her a chance to say ‘Good. I’ll call you sometime,’ and then walk off without getting your number.
Maybe if I were cool. James Dean cool. Then my reticence would be attractive. Like ‘Sure, whatever, babe.’ But that only works when you’re that cool.
I don’t know if she thought I was uninterested or just a loser.
*****
Oh, god, I just made a fool of myself. I know he sometimes glances at me. I thought he was interested. Now he probably thinks I’m desperate. I could just die.
I’ll never talk to another boy again. He’s probably laughing with his friends over it all now.
Or maybe he doesn’t drink coffee. Maybe I should have asked if he wanted to get a coke. Or maybe I should have just waited for him to ask me. Now he probably never will.
*****
She didn’t act mean or snotty. Maybe she just wanted to talk for a while. Maybe I could do that. Can’t let any of my friends see me. I’d never hear the end of it if she turns me down now. There she is, all alone by the tree. Come on, you can do this.
*****
Oh jeeze, he’s coming over here. He probably wants to make fun of me some more. Well, I’ll just act like I don’t care.
*****
“Uh, would you like to have some coffee? I’m free now.”
“Definitely!”
Definitely.
That’s what I should have said. Or ‘Sure. I’d love to.’ Almost anything would have been better than ‘Uh, maybe.’
Note to self: when a cute girl asks you if you want to get coffee, you make it sound like you really want to go with her. Right then and there. Don’t give her a chance to say ‘Good. I’ll call you sometime,’ and then walk off without getting your number.
Maybe if I were cool. James Dean cool. Then my reticence would be attractive. Like ‘Sure, whatever, babe.’ But that only works when you’re that cool.
I don’t know if she thought I was uninterested or just a loser.
*****
Oh, god, I just made a fool of myself. I know he sometimes glances at me. I thought he was interested. Now he probably thinks I’m desperate. I could just die.
I’ll never talk to another boy again. He’s probably laughing with his friends over it all now.
Or maybe he doesn’t drink coffee. Maybe I should have asked if he wanted to get a coke. Or maybe I should have just waited for him to ask me. Now he probably never will.
*****
She didn’t act mean or snotty. Maybe she just wanted to talk for a while. Maybe I could do that. Can’t let any of my friends see me. I’d never hear the end of it if she turns me down now. There she is, all alone by the tree. Come on, you can do this.
*****
Oh jeeze, he’s coming over here. He probably wants to make fun of me some more. Well, I’ll just act like I don’t care.
*****
“Uh, would you like to have some coffee? I’m free now.”
“Definitely!”