Great wingmanship
I noticed her from across the room. Of course, I always notice her when she’s around. Ever since our somewhat dramatic relationship that never was, I’m somehow always able to find her in a room even without trying. Of course, she looked cute…she always does. Her brown hair frame her beautiful face that was tonight hiding behind thick-rimmed glasses. Kind of a cute, nerdy thing. Scratch that, super cute nerdy thing. I’m trying not to pay attention, hoping that she’ll see me and come over to say hi. But alas, her back is always turned to me so any interaction would have to be pursued by me.
Now, I knew I would not be leaving with her or with a date; I just really wanted to talk to her and see if maybe there was any lingering interest. I wanted to put up a good showing, maybe make her realize how awesome I am (that’s what we all hope for, don’t we?). I decided that I would pass the group she was talking with on my way out. This would give the impression that I had just noticed her and was being polite by saying hi. I gathered my things, put on my coat, and started heading towards the exit near her.
She was talking with two guys that I knew. Mike, who was an older guy that was married, and Jim, a guy my own age who was also married. Great, so there would be no posturing for her attention if I intervened and it would be completely normal for me to say goodbye to these guys. So I walked up by her side and started by saying good night to Mike. What followed was an example of unpremeditated beautiful wingmenship.
“Did you sign your books for anyone, tonight?” Mike asked. They had been giving them out earlier at the event.
“Yes, I did,” I responded matter-of-factly, “I signed it for anyone who asked.”
“You’re still signing that old thing?” she interjected.
“Actually,” I said, “this is my new book, it just came out last month.”
“Another one?” she looked surprised. “Wow, I’m so out of the loop.”
Just then, Jim chimed in with another brilliant line.
“So when are you heading to Hawaii?”
“You’re going to Hawaii?!?!” she exclaimed.
“Yeah,” I said, “in a couple of weeks.”
We went on to talk about my planned vacation, and she joked about how she couldn’t see me not working while I was there. I am a bit of a workaholic, but I assured her there would be no working on this vacation.
After a few minutes of light banter, I repeated that I needed to go. I turned towards her to say goodnight and she reached up and gave me a hug. I tried to hide the excitement I had about the conversation. I really couldn’t have asked for two better wingmen that night. The amazing thing was that they did it so naturally, bringing up things of interest about me and my life. And completely unprompted. Mike and Jim were natural wingmen that night, and though I didn’t leave with her, I did leave knowing that I had made an impression.
(As a side note: I actually did pick up a girl at that same party, so I got digits of one girl and hopefully impressed another. All in all, a good night.)
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If you had fun, it was a good night. Having fun should always be your succes crititeria. Although it sounds like you could have gone a little further