Shoulda, Woulda
What I should have done is said hi.
I should have offered to buy her a cup of coffee.
She would have asked why. I should have said, "Cause you're really pretty, and interesting.
"See, I saw you on the Metro, writing. Honest-to-god pen-on-paper writing." She would have looked at me funny.
"I wasn't trying to be creepy or read what you were writing, but I noticed it, blue ink on white paper in cursive,"
I should have said.
"And it wasn't just a list, it looked like you were writing something, a letter, a story. No one does that."
She would have asked if that was what made her interesting. I would have said, "From the three-stops on the Metro that I've known you, yes."
"Hmm," she would have said. "Is that enough?"
"It's a start. "
The escalator would have risen a few more feet. "Given that I'm a guy," I would have said stupidly, "the fact that there's something I noticed that wasn't covered by your pants or shirt, would have to count for something."
She'd have looked at me and chuckled.
And then she would have told me her answer.
Replies: 12 comments
I get it -- she was naked.
Posted by @ 06/21/05 1:41 a.m. ET
Posted by @ 06/21/05 2:51 a.m. ET
Posted by @ 06/21/05 3:02 a.m. ET
Posted by @ 06/21/05 3:11 a.m. ET
Posted by @ 06/21/05 5:44 a.m. ET
don't sweat it, she did the same thing to me.
Posted by @ 06/21/05 10:14 a.m. ET
"Metro fare" isn't a hook up, it sounds more like a stalking.
Posted by @ 06/22/05 6:30 a.m. ET
Don't you have a fiancee?
Posted by @ 06/23/05 8:18 a.m. ET
Boobs rule.
Posted by @ 06/24/05 1:06 a.m. ET
Like the old saying goes, if you love someone set them free to go pick up hot tail on public transit. If they come back to you, get them tested. If not, then they were never yours to begin with.
Posted by @ 06/24/05 6:40 a.m. ET
what he said.
Posted by @ 07/06/05 6:16 a.m. ET
Aren't you engaged?
Posted by @ 06/20/05 9:42 a.m. ET