Forty-nine and I are still talking, and by "talking" I mean communicating daily via gchat and texts. I was also lucky enough to see him a few weeks ago as he passed through town after a race. He came over and we decided to be lazy and just order in, watch a movie, and makeout until he had to catch his flight. Four hours well spent.
A few days later I mentioned that I was thinking about making a trip to LA because I heard there was at least one cool person there and then asked Forty-nine if it was okay if I visited him (it's one thing for me to see him when he's passing through SF visiting other people or working on his car; it's entirely different for me to plan a trip to LA with the purpose of seeing him). He said yes! A few days later I mentioned possible weekends and they all worked for him. Then last week on gchat he messaged, "I have weird, but unfounded reservations about you coming to visit me in LA. I'm uncomfortable with it, but I don't know why. Maybe it's because we haven't spent that much time together and I don't know what will happen. Maybe it's because I like you and you intrigue me and I don't understand that at all. But I would still like you to come down to hang out with me. I just wanted to come clean with my feelings right now, even if I don't understand them."
I tried to reassure him that we get along well enough that it would be fine and that the weekend would be an experiment. He agreed with that and said he felt better after expressing his concerns with me and then offered to buy my plane ticket. What?! That was entirely unexpected. I thanked him, politely declined, and told him he could buy me dinner instead. Then we chatted about being nervous for the visit. I told him I don't really get nervous, but that I did think it would be strange to be able to talk face-to-face and asked if it would be weird if I texted him while sitting next to him on the couch. He said yes (glad I covered that).
Conclusion: As soon as I get my schedule in order, I'll be heading to LA for a weekend soon. Wow.
Have NO idea how I missed this utterly adorable post but I did. And, it might be a good thing that I did because I read it on a day where I needed a smile. This is so.darn.cute that I think my heart might explode. (And now I just made 49 18,000 times more uncomfortable but whatev you know I don't mean anything by it!) Enjoy your trip. Can't wait (seriously can.not.wait) for the details!
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