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John’s Side of the Story

At the time, I was working 12 hour shifts. It was the first of four straight 12 hour days. All day, my best friend, Duan, and I were trying to make arrangements to meet up with a friend of ours from high school. Since I was busy working, I left all the planning up to her and Duan.

Well, later, Duan called me at work and said, “They want to go to dinner and see a movie afterwards”. I responded, “They, who are they?”. I was already getting annoyed, knowing that I had to get up at 6 AM the next morning and wasn’t in the mood for a long night. I was a shy guy at the time, so I dreaded the thought of having to socialize with a NEW person after working all day.

Then when I found out that I was driving, and we were going to Virginia for dinner. I started getting irritated. I was already so tired and was hoping we’d all meet somewhere near where I worked. I remember joking to Duan, “Her friend better look good”.

First Impression: Robyn looked good. She was a petite, little cutie with a soft, sweet voice. I told Duan as much. She was shy, which for a shy guy like me, can be very frustrating.

Later that night, Duan had asked everyone in the car about there dating status. I ran a red light trying to hear Robyn’s answer. Never did hear it . Ruined the whole movie for me trying to decide what she had said. “Should I flirt with her or not?”, was all I could think about.

Well, after finding out that she DIDN’T have a boyfriend, I e-mailed her the next day, jokingly asking her if she had my doggie-bag from the Steakhouse. I’d misplaced it. She e-mailed me back saying something like, “Yes, and it was good. Mmmm.” I was tickled by her sense of humor.

We started hanging out a bit, but being the smooth operator that I was NOT, things never escalated to actual dating. We corresponded through e-mail and online chat over the years after that. I even bought some tickets from her to a Janet Jackson concert, where I saw her there with her boyfriend at the time.

Four years later, I’d had a dream about Robyn. Seriously, I woke up thinking about her. I don’t remember the actual dream, but it was like 2 AM, and I had decided to write her and talk about our past times, express my regrets on never having made a move on her, and to find out if she was dating anyone at the time.