The Stranger in Town

It had been long since I hung out with a girlfriend for drinks so we decided to hit one of the clubs - well middle of the week. I do take things to extreme sometimes. Pub hopping we realised that one of our favorites will only open doors at 11 in the night which meant hanging outside until then. Meanwhile as is customary, two idiots approached us and started to introduce themselves. For once I was delighted to receive my mom's call at exactly the same moment when I was looking to excuse myself. I walked away and spoke to mom while my friend received an invite from the boys to join them on their table later.

So typical. It's all okay when you hit the pub thinking okay I wanna get hit on today but not when you're having a nice girls chatty night out and are having fun. The boys come and ruin it. They came and joined us on our table, bought us drinks and oh well, there came the sad jokes. And then I noticed, there he was. A guy in a blue shirt and cuff-links. Yes, cuff-links. In this mentally challenged group of liverpool fans was this shy guy sipping his drink who was well, not as desperate as the rest of them to talk to us. Within 15 mins, I knew he was European, visiting here for work and worked 17 hours a day. Funnily enough, he did not know the guys he's hanging out with for any longer than he knew me. We didn't join everyone else to dance, and spoke at length about random things under the sun at the bar outside. On second thoughts, the ambience wasn't that bad. Or maybe it was the company. 5 drinks later, I told him I thought guys with cuff-links are snobbish and 3 more drinks later he was teaching me how to tie a tie. I do remember my friend coming over and telling me how we both looked 16 and got a picture of us. But for the sake of his anonymity ;) I'll spare the pictures here. He looked like a dream and kissed like a gentleman. But it's me saying that and not his girlfriend whose calls he ignored later when she called him. Sigh. 

The work week got over and so did his trip and he flew back. I may not see this guy again in my life or maybe I would. Who knows. But it was an eventful week nonetheless.