When I got downtown it was a few hrs later. I was surprised that it was this busy even on a weekday night. It wasn't exactly quiet. Which was the opposite of how it had been at my place. Now that I was here I wasn't sure what to do. I considered my options. I was too young to drink and I didn't have an id w/ me. I didn't drive so therefore I also didn't have a drivers license. So bars were out of the question. I could see a movie or just walk or go to a café id heard about. Or go to the bookstore. It felt like an endless open night.
Some guy bumped into me on his way somewhere.
"oh sorry," he said.
"its ok," I said.
He paused looked me up and down: "can I buy you a drink?"
"no. im only 17."
"oh well how bout dinner?"
"mmmm….maybe."
"how bout we walk around for a bit first?"
"ok."