when i was sixteen, i worked at a local pizza place with some of my high school friends. i loved working there and we were so bad, but we laughed a lot and always had stories to tell. one of my co-workers, R, became good friends with our group. he cooked so we worked closely together since i was a cashier. and when they needed us at other locations, we both waited tables.
i used to have a monster crush on him, but i was even more shy back then and he could barely speak english so it didn't go anywhere. he was shy too and so we just stayed friends. after i left the pizza place, i lost touch with him. i remember my co-worker/friend mentioning they hung out with him one time, but for all intents and purposes i never saw or heard from him again.
fast forward twelve years and i'm out at the auld shebeen in fairfax (a bar i have never been to) celebrating a friend's birthday. we go outside to smoke and who walks by but R! we immediately recognized each other and exchanged phone numbers. i was so excited. i had been thinking of him the week prior and there he is, back in my universe.
we've gone out twice since then -- once walking all over old town alexandria followed by dinner, ice cream, and a couple hours sitting and talking at the marina. and then again out for drinks at the auld shebeen.
i like him a lot and will see where things go. it's so nice to finally have a positive story to write about!
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