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2. First encounter, or not.
After running around campus, looking for a girl Finn met the previous night at the pub, for over half an hour, Finn finally said he was sure that this building was where her room was. So walking up to one door that he was 'sure' that was her room he started writing down a phone number to leave. "Don't put your number! Don't put your number!" I tried to reason with him, like that was going to work. "I am not putting my number, I am putting your number!", oh! Great what have I gotten myself into?
Suddenly a girl, that I hadn't really noticed was there, spoke "That's my room". Turning around and looking at her I was mesmerized by her eyes, they were blue like a clear morning sky, so of course I tried to charm her "Okay, put my number". "Are you sure this is your room?" , Finn needed to know. "I am sure." , "I could have sworn this was her room" , "What's her name maybe I know her?" , the girl tried to be helpful, but of course Finn being Finn didn't really known. "Um… it was sort" "Oh, I can understand the disappointment losing a potential soul mate like that. But this is my room." This was the first time a girl talked to me and my friends with such wit, most of them would just act annoyingly sweet hoping that the girl we were looking for, was her. "I am sorry about the mix up. My friend here means no harm. He just has to learn that Guinness and blondes they don't mix." "Redheads" Finn said, "We sincerely apologize and we will leave you to finish putting up your posters of…" I tried to apologize because it was obvious to me that the girl was getting irritated by our behavior but the posters she was putting up got my attention. "… this really old guy." "Professor Asher Fleming" "What they were out of Orlando Bloom?"
"Professor Fleming died last week, we are throwing him a wake". Now THAT was really interesting. "Okay, so were you and Fleming…" , I said making the assumption that her and the Professor were sleeping together, because who wouldn't? "NO!" , well.. apparently I was wrong.
"Sorry! Just you are putting up a poster in you hallway you get where I get the impression that he was more than a teacher."
"Well he was, more than a teacher. He was a great writer and an inspiration and a lot of things you couldn't possible understand."
"You don't like me. You don't know me, but you don't like me" , I said bluntly to her. "I know you" , wait what? "You do?"
"We met yesterday, with Marty." Who? "Marty..?", okay so now I was completely confused. "Marty, my friend Marty, he bartendered for you" ohh now I remember her, we run into them somewhere on campus yesterday. "Yes! Marty, I'm sorry, it slipped my mind of course I met you yesterday with Marty. Nice to see you again…" I still can remember her name "Rory!" "Nice to see you again Rory you are looking well, angry works for you." Really well actually… "I am not angry, I am just irritated"
"By me?" well that was weird "Yes!" the girl has issues "Because I forgot for a moment who you were?" "No, because you speak to people like they are below you." "People?" "Marty!" "Ah! Your friend Marty" "Yes my friend Marty. You talked to him like he was dirt, and that's why I am looking at you like this!" "I am sorry. What did I say that was so bad? I said hello and I think I said he made a kick-ass margarita." "It's not what you said, it's how you said it." "How'd I said it?" "Like Judi Dench" ohh that girl knows how to insult people! "Ouch" "Just because somebody doesn't have money or a fancy family doesn't mean they're inferior to you" this is so much fun! "I agree" "And just because somebody is a bartender at a party for you and your friends, that doesn't mean that you can talk to them like a servant." She said and started to walk away. "Well…" "What?!" she said coming closer. "I hired him. I paid him. He served. That's what a servant does." "Are you serious?" "For the sake of argument" since I don't want this to end. "He was doing a job" "A job he took willingly" "Some people have to work" "And I bet if you ask him he'll tell you he made excellent tips that night. Because my friends, they tend to enjoy their re-fills." "Not the point" "To a bartender, tips are very much the point." "Just because you pay somebody, it doesn't mean that you can speak to them as if they're beneath you." "Actually, the fact that this is a free country means I can speak to anyone in any manner which I choose. However, the rules of a civilized society may frown upon a certain obvious show of snobbery so if that's your argument-." "I don't have an argument" "I can give you a moment to formulate one if you want to continue." This is like one of the best debates I have ever done! "I'm busy!" "You concede"
"I don't like it when people hurt my friends." "And you react when goaded" "I am not goaded. I am so far from goaded. Get your compass, and I will show you how far from goaded I am." "I think we got a serious debater in our midst." And of course Finn must appear and ruin the moment… "Logan, I think we've found it."
So trying not to laugh at my friend I say "Tell Marty I said hi, and I promise to remember you instantly next time. Now tell me that wasn't fun?" her expression looks annoyed but deep down I know she enjoyed our conversation as much as I did. And of course because I couldn't leave like that… "Master and Commander" "The movie?" "No, that's what I want you to call me from now on." And with that I left her outside her dorm room and went to look for my friends hoping that this wasn't the only time I ever see her.