Messin' with Texas

This is a story from an evening I had two or three weeks ago. I was holding off on writing it up but finally decided to do it anyways. It was just too much not to write. I changed the names of everyone. Day two is about a girl I met if you that’s the story you are after, but day one is still entertaining. Enjoy.

DAY 1:

I went out for drinks and food with my friend Jose from work (late 30s), his neighbor Brian (50) and this girl that Jose has been seeing (Jose’s age) names Amy. We started off just the three guys. Brian was drunk and wanted to go dancing, Jose and I wanted to go to the Tapas bar and get some food first, so we out voted him. When we got to the place and sat down Brian asked “what the hell is this? I thought we were going to a topless bar?” (Brian is from Texas by the way).

Strike number one for Brian.

So Brian got all disappointed then proceeded to tell us through out dinner how awesome he is at dancing, and how he can get so many girls because he’s so good and how he would take home at least one girl if we went dancing. Jose and I, now joined by Amy, decided we had to see this so we let him have his way. Brian was excited and high spirited by our compliance, so he offered to pick up the tab. The Tapas place wasn’t cheap. Amy and Brian were drinking fancy martinis and I was drinking the Coppola Cabernet Sauvignon reserve. Jose and I also ordered a lot of food. The place we were at was also one of the most expensive places in the area. Brian drinks bud light and had chips the whole time. I don’t know what he though but he said he would never go out to eat with us again because it was so expensive.

Strike number two for Brian.

While at the tapas bar, Amy told me she has a great girl for me that is super cute and that I would just love. Jose confirmed that she was very beautiful. I said, and I quote, “That would be great. Every single girl I meet around here is 20 years old, divorced and has a kid.” Jose started cracking up and said that I nailed it. She’s 20, divorced three months, and has a three year old from her relationship with her high school boy friend (not her ex-husband).

(if you don’t care about what a fool Brian made of himself, skip to day two and read about Amanda, the cute girl)

So we went to the dance club. Amy and Jose were dancing and chatting. I got stuck with Brian. After Jose called out Brian for being all talk and no game, he proceeded to actually dance, with some guy’s date right in front of him. Granted Brian asked him first, it was quite clear that he kept trying to move across the dance floor away from the girl’s date, and she kept trying to stay near. As soon as the dance was over, she bolted with her guy.

Strike number three for Brian.

He tried dancing with a few more girls and failed so we went to the other popular dance place, Whiskey River. Brian offered to pay the cover at the door (which is usually two or three dollars around here). It was 10 bucks a pop because there was a live band.

Strike number four for Brian.

We stepped in and he immediately wanted me to take him back and drop him off at the other place, which I did. He was very drunk by this point. I asked him how he would get home and he told me he was going to get the girl he was dancing with to take him home with her (the one that ran out after he danced with her). He then said he would hail a cab, which their are none. Sick and tired of babysitting this fool, I dropped him off and called Jose who had just dropped off Amy and told him to pick up his neighbor. I am never going out with Brian again.

DAY2:

I decided to meet Amy’s friend Amanda. And I can honestly say, she was very beautiful. Absolutely gorgeous. I joined Jose, Amy and Amanda for lunch. Halfway through Jose and Amy had to bolt to take care of something so Amanda and I were left alone for about thirty minutes. We talked and I got the full details of her story.

Until three months ago, she’s had a constant boy friend since she was 14. The father of her child, her high school boy friend of several years was not the guy she was married to. In fact they were out and got into a fight. He stormed out leaving her stranded at the club. One of Amanda’s boyfriend’s friends (say George) consoled her and instead of going home, they decided to go and get a hotel room. Well somehow George’s wife (Amanda didn’t know he was married which makes what she did ok) and Amanda’s boy friend caught them that night in the hotel, thus ruining both of their relationships.

After dating for two weeks George prosed to Amanda she said yes and after four weeks of dating, they were married. After marrying he became psychotic and kept her locked in the house and beat her up all the time. His ex wife also came and beat her up once. The marriage was short lived, six months to be precise. Now she’s three months single.

Jose and Amy happened to get back as she finished telling me this story and my face must have shown my complete surprise because Jose asked what was wrong.

Thinking back on it, Amy assured me at least three or four times that she was a smart girl…. I bet.