i moved to charlotte about thirteen years ago at this point. its been a long, strange trip (love the phrase, hate the grateful dead). the second apartment i moved into was actually with the woman that would have technically been my admin assistant, but we were good friends and drinking buddies so neither of us gave a fuck.
it wasn't a bad little complex. nice places. younger crowd for the most part. two attractive women lived next door and we occasionally had drinks. one thing lead to another and i ended up drunkenly sleeping with S. she was in an on again off again relationship that was kinda off at the time, so it was a short lived tryst. and we were both young and silly. i was still figuring out how to gain a woman's interest. i think at one point we sat in my shower while i read her some of my shitty poetry from a book that was in a ziploc bag. yeah, THAT kind of cheesy.
she got back together with whats his face, which i found out when i decided to surprise her with bagels later in a morning when we hooked up the night before. "you have to go, my boyfriend is coming over." rings a bell.
weeks later, i think i focused one night on her roommate for affection, but to no avail and that put it in S's head that i liked her roommate more. not true.
over the years, we became faceyspace friends when that became a thing. i would randomly see her at some of my charity events. always a hug and a kiss on the cheek with a "we should catch up."
i did an event last week with the local yelp folks for my charity and it was RSVP only. she had checked in, but had a couple of friends that hadn't so she reached out to see if i could get them on the list. i did and she promised to buy me a drink at the (free) party.
we had a drink and some laughs, but i bounced because it was a tuesday and a long event after a long day at work. but we agreed to see each other again soon.
we met last minute for a drink which turned into dinner and a walk around the hood. it was nice. lots of inaccurate reminiscing, i think. a really nice night.
monday night, she came over. we watched how to train your dragon 2 and split a bottle wine. such a good laid back evening comfortable. we reflected on that via text yesterday morning. said i want to see her again soon.
last night, i asked her out to dinner. she said she wasn't hungry. she was having a couple beers. a little later, a text. shower and a movie? sure. see you soon. she was on the phone when she walked through the door wearing a tee without a bra and yoga pants and was obviously buzzed. one of my favorite outfits though...
twenty minutes in the shower and her body was just as i remembered. i said i would behave.
back to bed after shedding our towels... she was out like a light ten minutes later. snoring.