
A few years ago a sorority sister of my blood sister
PANG had randomly text me for a favor. She was writing an article for the
New York Post about
Cinco de
Mayo and needed people to come pose for some photo's for free.
Me in a newspaper,
I'M ALL FOR IT.
I was working at Wollman Rink at the time and I guess whoever made my work schedule forgot that they said it was okay for me to take the day off. I had gotten a phone call from the manager on shift asking me where I was, and why was I late...
I explained that the manager in charge of the schedule knew and confirmed that I can have the day off.
They asked me to come in anyway. I was on my way to the train station ready for the photo shoot. I thought about it... I felt bad for the manager calling me, he was and still is a friend and I know he wouldn't ask if he didn't need me.
I told them to try and find someone else, if absolutely no one else could make it I would take a cab from the photo shoot to work.
I never got a phone call...
You never know the moments that can start a chain of events.At the photo shoot I knew NO ONE except Pangs soro sis.
Fitness was there and was one of two guys who kept constant conversation with me going.
The photo shoot was hilarious. We had to sit at the dinner table ACTING like we were eating. One photo he had to pour a drink in my glass as I sat at the dinner table. He had to pour slowly so the photographer could get a few good shots and the whole time he and I could were fighting the fake smiles, we wanted to burst out in laughter.
He had a girlfriend and at the time I was seeing
El Difunto (his story is coming soon, I promise). We exchanged screen names to keep in touch and kept it moving.
We spoke a few times on AIM. Nothing ever really happened. Then
Facebook became popular, we found each other through that... but no big deal. He was one of those people you accept because you know them and I'm pretty sure it was the same for him.
He invited me to a few house parties that he had, and his birthday
but I never went.::Fast Forward maybe 3-4 yrs later::
While going through hard times with the
Ex Fiance it happened. I wrote something on my
Facebook status along the lines "I can't believe it".
Fitness has a good sense of humor and wrote something funny but then realized (I am assuming its from comments other people had left) that it was something serious. He felt horrible and wrote me a message
apologizing and expressing how bad he felt and how sorry he is to see that I am hurt. He asked if I wanted to go talk over coffee.
I've never been one to be discreet about my business, or at least things that are obvious. I like to talk about my problems, and why not talk to a somewhat fresh face. Sometimes talking to your friends isn't your best bet because their feedback might be biased, and rightfully so.
We met up in Starbucks on West 4th, you could tell he was a little nervous for some reason. I could NOT stop looking at his guns. Man, I never really understood how men undressed women with their eyes in public UNTIL I met up with
Fitness. I straight up wanted to take his clothes off.
::cleaning up drool:: what were we talking about?
Oh yeah, we took our coffee and sat at a pizza shop...
...
...
We spoke for 2 and a half hours.The only reason I left was because I had already told my sister I would meet up with her at a bar to celebrate an accomplishment at work.
When we said goodbye we gave each other a hug. I thanked him for the coffee and good talk and he said that we should hang out again.
While at the bar I text him to let him know I arrived, and thanked him again. He responded "maybe dinner next time?".
... That's how it all began...
A little mathematics: Fitness + no clothes = very sexy.