In-Passing

He noticed her,as she turned the corner, and made his approach. “I’ll admit it… you’re beautiful, and you’re not bad looking.”

“What’s that supposed to mean?” She asked.

“You’re beautiful… and your body doesn’t ruin that for me. But then, I really haven’t had a chance to check you out,” he explained. “Why don’t you spin around and let me see how it all comes together?” He suggested. She spun around, not too fast, but not slow either. “We could come together…” he said, “I mean, you look good.”

“Oh really?” She responded.

“You don’t think so?” He asked

She realized he could take no to mean she didn’t think she looked good, but she didn’t it would look good to explain herself either. So, she said, “yeah, of course,” then, as she saw his expression brightening, she finished, “… I know I look good.”

“So, how we gonna do this?” He asked, abruptly.

A little flustered. Not sure if she missed a step or he hadn’t heard her right, she replied, “Do what?”

“Oh, you’re one of those,” he responded.

“One of those,” she repeated, half looking for explanation, half wandering if she should be annoyed.

“Indecisive, not sure what you want, need time to figure things out… or something like that right?” He replied, as he turned to walk away, adding “You are cute though.”

“What, wait,” she said, before she could catch herself. Maybe she should have just let him walk away she thought, he seemed like trouble. But she wasn’t gonna let him off so easy. Right.

“Guess I just misunderstood you. I mean… you spun around, and everything else. It seemed like you were interested,” he said, without turning back around.

“Yeah…” she said, “Aren’t you going to turn around, or you want me to come to you or something? I cant really hear you that well you know.”

He turned back around and said, “Then how are we going to do this?”

“You mean, like you want my number or something?” She clarified.

“Yeah, lets start there… but that’s not all I want. You know that,” he replied.

“OK,” she said, “give me your phone.”