"Nice of you to ask, sweet," he says gently, but I can hear the rejection in his voice, see it in his eyes, before he ever speaks the words. "but I ain't the dating kind."
I am startled by how disappointed I am. I had hoped....well, I do not know what I had hoped, but I truly did wish to spend more time with this man. And I wonder what it was that I did to make him not want the same. "But you want to have a friendly dinnah some day, I can do that."
Well, that is not quite what I had hoped for, but that shows he does not completely dislike me. And I am always glad to make new friends. "Yes," I say, looking up at him and smiling, "I should like that very much. I am sorry if...if what I said was somehow improper." Perhaps he is chaste, or has a wife or boyfriend or lover waiting at home. Foolis woman, presuming so much.
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Date: 2010-10-01 08:32 pm (UTC)I am startled by how disappointed I am. I had hoped....well, I do not know what I had hoped, but I truly did wish to spend more time with this man. And I wonder what it was that I did to make him not want the same. "But you want to have a friendly dinnah some day, I can do that."
Well, that is not quite what I had hoped for, but that shows he does not completely dislike me. And I am always glad to make new friends. "Yes," I say, looking up at him and smiling, "I should like that very much. I am sorry if...if what I said was somehow improper." Perhaps he is chaste, or has a wife or boyfriend or lover waiting at home. Foolis woman, presuming so much.