2007: Beauty without expression is boring

Mi was new in town. She hit me up on myspace and we immediately clicked when we realized our birthdays were less than a week apart. She tried to make it romantic and though she was so beautiful- dark chocolate skin and full lips- I didn’t get a romantic vibe from her. I actually had a little crush on her roomie. She was a tomboy with long, thick locs. Yum…

So when she invited me to a party she was throwing, I immediately accepted. JP and I got there fashionably 2 hours late and things still weren’t set up. Coincidentally, it was there that I met Shy, though we didn’t end up actually dating until 2 years later.

Anyway, once the party actually started, it turned out to be a small crowd of maybe 15 people. We started playing spades with JP and I as partners. We played against BR and another girl whose name I forget (and isn’t important).

I cut the evening short because I had a date later that evening, but before I left, everyone made a big deal of exchanging phone numbers. BR made a really big deal out of giving me hers. She made sure I knew she was interested.

BR wasn’t really my type. She seemed really feminine and she had a perm. I was (and still am) into boyish chicks with natural dos. Her hair was beautiful. Thick with so much body. With every turn of her hair, her bob flowed around her head.

After a few conversations, I learned that she was a lawyer, we lived within a couple of miles of each other, and we were rather close in age. She had a close circle of friends. One main girl that she kicked it with most of the time.

The main girl I was seeing had me completely wrapped up. She had this huge afro, innocent smile, small waist and the most perfect round ass. BR was just an option in my mind.

I invited her out one evening to a bar. I had my roomie with me. The minute I stepped into the bar, I see my old girlfriend, Jay, with her new girlfriend. What a way to start the evening…

BR got there and my roomie, Green, was enamored with BR’s friend. They spent the entire evening talking. BR and I danced a little bit. It was an easy evening.

Green kept talking about how fine BR was. I knew I wasn’t into her like that because I actually told BR that Green thought she was fine.

We saw BR at a club one more time over that weekend. Her and Green exchanged phone numbers. I think I should’ve been upset.

Around the beginning of the following week, BR text me informing me of how nonchalant I was. She said I wasn’t really interested in her and that I should just tell her. The problem was that I hadn’t really had one on one time with her, so I didn’t really have the opportunity to learn enough about her to like her. I felt pressured. And I wanted to get to her before Green did. I told her we could go out. All she needed to do is tell me when and where. She chose that night.

We made arrangements to meet after work. She ended up being an hour late. A good sign for how wonderful the evening was going to go. Our conversation didn’t flow. She was a lawyer and I felt like I was on the witness stand. She got so excited during her interrogation, she knocked her margarita over in her lap. I wanted to laugh, but it seemed as though laughter and smiles were prohibited. I tried to distract her from her wet jeans by inviting her to a party at the end of the week. We ended the date with a brief hug.

I took my friend PJ to the party with me. I realized too late that my Big Butt With a Smile would be there along with BR. And Mi was starting to flirt with me again. Damn!

BR arrived wearing all white. A thin white tee, no bra, and this long flowing white skirt. It was casually sophisticated and sexy. But I couldn’t concentrate on her. She introduced me to her main partner in crime. A short brown skin girl, with a Farah Fawcett like flip. I couldn’t help but to think that she was who I should be dating. I recognized her from so many people’s friends lists on myspace, but I never saw her out. I didn’t know what clique she belonged to…And that’s how I met HBB.

That was the last time I saw BR. Her and Green went out once, but she seemed too uptight for her too.

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