Post by David on Sept 15, 2010 0:22:07 GMT -5
Chapter 4: The Big Day.
I woke up just before 9am feeling excited and nervous at the same time. I was excited at the thought of possibly seeing Kelly again, but nervous as to if I should actually do it or not. How embarrassing it would be to get there and she gets angry or offended and feels like I was stalking her. I didn’t want her to feel uncomfortable in any way. I even went as far as to write down the pros and cons of going through with it. After spending those couple of hours with Kelly, I definitely think the pros outweigh the cons, but I’m still a little apprehensive.
I take my shower then head down to the hotel restaurant for a little breakfast. A lot of people can’t eat when they are nervous or stressed, but I find comfort in eating. It calms me down even if only for a few minutes. I guess it would be the same way that cigarettes calm smokers. I don’t smoke (can’t stand cigarettes) so I guess I use food the same way. I did keep the breakfast healthy though with some granola cereal and some fresh fruit.
After breakfast, I got online to buy a ticket for the Ballet. I wanted the best seat that was available. I wanted to be as close to the stage as I could get so that I could possibly recognize Kelly if she were onstage. Over the next couple of hours I debated in my head whether or not to go through with it. With all this worrying: There is still the chance that she is not even in this ballet.
To occupy my time I decided to do a little shopping so I went to a place called the Wyoming Valley Mall. A mall in PA called Wyoming. Hmmm. Go figure. I wanted buy some new clothes to wear to the ballet tonight. When I arrived at the mall I noticed that they had a Macy’s. That was one of my favorite stores. I headed there to find some new duds . When I approached the men’s department I was greeted by this good looking young lady that looked to be in her late 20’s or early 30’s. I’m generally pretty good about judging ages. She was really friendly and asked me if she could help me with anything. I answered “Actually yes: how about you be my personal shopper for a little while”. She laughed and said “Sure, I’d love to”. I explained to her where I was going that evening and that I wanted to look good, but didn’t want to overdress or under dress for the occasion. She picked out the perfect sport coat, black pair of Khaki style pants, shirt and shoes to go with it. I thought that I looked pretty sharp. I just hope Kelly thought so.
I was feeling a little tired from the lack of sleep last night so I decided to stop by Starbucks to grab a little pick me up. They were busy as usual and I took my place in line. I was just standing there visualizing that day I was standing in the same spot and met the most beautiful woman. The line was taking forever, but I finally made it through and got back in the car not knowing what to do next. I still had a lot of time before the exciting evening ahead. I decided to stop by the Wyoming Valley Mall to do a little more shopping. I was trying to stay busy so that the time would go by quicker. I figured that I would pick up an outfit or two for my daughter Hannah. They had a place in the mall called The Children’s Place so I headed there. We had one of those where I live in Michigan so I had shopped at one many times before.
I walked in and started browsing around. I was racking my brain trying to remember what size she was wearing now. I finally gave up and sent my ex-wife a text asking her the sizes for everything. After about 10 minutes, I received the text back with the sizes. I was looking at some jeans when someone walked up behind me and asked if I needed any help finding anything. The voice sounded really familiar. I started to turn around and began to say “Yes, please I could use some help finding” before I could finish my sentence: I made eye contact with the young lady. I stopped in mid sentence, because when I turned around I was looking into the beautiful eyes of Kelly. I was in shock. I paused for at least 5 seconds which felt like forever and then said “Well Hi there Kelly”. Kelly looked as surprised as I was and immediately smiled, said hi and actually gave me a hug and she said “I thought you were leaving yesterday?” I was mad at myself that I forgot to give you my phone number. I didn’t think I’d get another chance to see you again”. That really made me smile that she had felt the same way about forgetting to exchange numbers. I told her that I was kicking myself in the ass for not asking for her number, and how I tried for days to run into her again. She said “awe, that’s so sweet. You’re adorable”. I told her how I was going to go to the ballet tonight to see if she was in it or not as a last ditch effort to locate her. Kelly said that she was indeed in the ballet and that it would be awesome if I could come see it. Kelly then proceeded to help pick out some really cool clothes for Hannah. Kelly has great fashion sense. We exchanged phone numbers, then Kelly cashed me out and I was about to leave when she said “Hey, I’m getting ready to take a lunch here in a minute. Would you like to hang around a bit and join me?” Without hesitation, I said sure I would really like that.
I hung around and Kelly and I went to grab a quick bite to eat and talk some more. She is so damn easy to talk to. She has a very good sense of humor and I felt really comfortable just being myself. I’m really sarcastic and I’m not always politically correct and she didn’t seem to mind at all. I think that she really actually enjoyed my sarcasm. We talked about a wide variety of things in a very short period of time. She still didn’t ask me my age and I didn’t ask hers either. Maybe it just didn’t matter to her that I appeared to be much older that she is. I do know that it didn’t bother me in the least. I walked her back to her store and she then gave me a hug and a kiss on the check and said that she was looking forward to seeing me tonight, and if I would like to go do something after the show. Wow!! That really made smile. I told her that I was also looking forward to seeing her tonight, and that I would love to go do something. I had a permanent smile on my face the rest of the day.
I went back to the hotel to take a needed nap for an hour or so, and then jump in the shower and get ready for the ballet. I lay down on the bed, turned the TV on and I bet you in less than 1 minute I was asleep. I woke up 2 hours later feeling refreshed. I’m not one to take naps, but damn, I felt much better after that one. Maybe I should take naps more often. Nah, I don’t normally have time for that in my day to day life back home. I got dressed, threw on some cologne and headed out to the ballet. It was going to start in about an hour. I was about half way there when I realized that I had forgotten my ticket back at the hotel. I take the next possible turn and make a block and head back to the hotel to pick it up. The traffic light ahead of me was red so I started to slow down, but then it turned green so I sped back up. As I was going through the intersection I heard this very loud screeching noise. I turn to my right to see what it was and what I saw was a big fucking semi truck locking it’s breaks and heading right toward me. Everything then seemed to be in slow motion. I tried to speed up to get out of the way, but the next thing I knew, the truck slammed into me and my car went flying. I was flipping over and over and was then upside down sliding until I came to a stop. It happened so fast. I was hanging there upside down in my car and was in shock I think. I couldn’t move. I look down as I’m hanging there and see a huge pool of blood below me and it’s still falling from my head. I begin to feel numb and sleepy. I didn’t feel any pain at all, but was just so tired. I started to fade in and out of consciousness. People were trying to get me out of the car. In what seemed like an instant, I started to think about my whole life, everything that I had been through. The good times, the bad times, choices that I had made throughout my life. I started to think about my beautiful daughter. I thought to myself “Am I dying? I don’t feel right. Is Hannah going to grow up without me? I then started to think about Kelly. “ I need to call her to tell her that I might not make it there. She is going to think that I stood her up”. I tried to look around for my phone. It could be anywhere. I saw the phone laying about 2 feet from me on the roof of the car which was now the floor of the car. I tried to reach for it, but I could not move. My mind was telling my arms to move, but my arms were obviously not getting the message. I could see the blood pouring down off of me to the roof below, but I could not feel it. Dave was getting very sleepy and could not keep his eyes open. He would open his eyes once every 20 seconds or so, then every 40 seconds, then they finally just stayed shut.
The ballet started promptly and 7:30 and Kelly would glance out into the audience every once in a while to see if she could see Dave. She remembers him telling her that he had a really good seat towards the front, but no sign of Dave. After the show, Kelly came out to look for him, but he was nowhere to be found. She then tried calling his cell phone, but just got his voice mail. Kelly was sad that he didn’t show up. She was really looking forward to seeing him that night. She then became somewhat angry that he had stood her up. She then regrouped with her friends and went to get a bite to eat, but kept thinking about him and didn’t understand why he wouldn’t show up. She really thought that he liked her and was excited about coming to see her. Kelly went home, tried to call Dave a couple more times. She left a message each time, but no return call. Kelly then went to bed wondering why he didn’t show up. She cried and then the beautiful ballerina fell asleep.
I woke up just before 9am feeling excited and nervous at the same time. I was excited at the thought of possibly seeing Kelly again, but nervous as to if I should actually do it or not. How embarrassing it would be to get there and she gets angry or offended and feels like I was stalking her. I didn’t want her to feel uncomfortable in any way. I even went as far as to write down the pros and cons of going through with it. After spending those couple of hours with Kelly, I definitely think the pros outweigh the cons, but I’m still a little apprehensive.
I take my shower then head down to the hotel restaurant for a little breakfast. A lot of people can’t eat when they are nervous or stressed, but I find comfort in eating. It calms me down even if only for a few minutes. I guess it would be the same way that cigarettes calm smokers. I don’t smoke (can’t stand cigarettes) so I guess I use food the same way. I did keep the breakfast healthy though with some granola cereal and some fresh fruit.
After breakfast, I got online to buy a ticket for the Ballet. I wanted the best seat that was available. I wanted to be as close to the stage as I could get so that I could possibly recognize Kelly if she were onstage. Over the next couple of hours I debated in my head whether or not to go through with it. With all this worrying: There is still the chance that she is not even in this ballet.
To occupy my time I decided to do a little shopping so I went to a place called the Wyoming Valley Mall. A mall in PA called Wyoming. Hmmm. Go figure. I wanted buy some new clothes to wear to the ballet tonight. When I arrived at the mall I noticed that they had a Macy’s. That was one of my favorite stores. I headed there to find some new duds . When I approached the men’s department I was greeted by this good looking young lady that looked to be in her late 20’s or early 30’s. I’m generally pretty good about judging ages. She was really friendly and asked me if she could help me with anything. I answered “Actually yes: how about you be my personal shopper for a little while”. She laughed and said “Sure, I’d love to”. I explained to her where I was going that evening and that I wanted to look good, but didn’t want to overdress or under dress for the occasion. She picked out the perfect sport coat, black pair of Khaki style pants, shirt and shoes to go with it. I thought that I looked pretty sharp. I just hope Kelly thought so.
I was feeling a little tired from the lack of sleep last night so I decided to stop by Starbucks to grab a little pick me up. They were busy as usual and I took my place in line. I was just standing there visualizing that day I was standing in the same spot and met the most beautiful woman. The line was taking forever, but I finally made it through and got back in the car not knowing what to do next. I still had a lot of time before the exciting evening ahead. I decided to stop by the Wyoming Valley Mall to do a little more shopping. I was trying to stay busy so that the time would go by quicker. I figured that I would pick up an outfit or two for my daughter Hannah. They had a place in the mall called The Children’s Place so I headed there. We had one of those where I live in Michigan so I had shopped at one many times before.
I walked in and started browsing around. I was racking my brain trying to remember what size she was wearing now. I finally gave up and sent my ex-wife a text asking her the sizes for everything. After about 10 minutes, I received the text back with the sizes. I was looking at some jeans when someone walked up behind me and asked if I needed any help finding anything. The voice sounded really familiar. I started to turn around and began to say “Yes, please I could use some help finding” before I could finish my sentence: I made eye contact with the young lady. I stopped in mid sentence, because when I turned around I was looking into the beautiful eyes of Kelly. I was in shock. I paused for at least 5 seconds which felt like forever and then said “Well Hi there Kelly”. Kelly looked as surprised as I was and immediately smiled, said hi and actually gave me a hug and she said “I thought you were leaving yesterday?” I was mad at myself that I forgot to give you my phone number. I didn’t think I’d get another chance to see you again”. That really made me smile that she had felt the same way about forgetting to exchange numbers. I told her that I was kicking myself in the ass for not asking for her number, and how I tried for days to run into her again. She said “awe, that’s so sweet. You’re adorable”. I told her how I was going to go to the ballet tonight to see if she was in it or not as a last ditch effort to locate her. Kelly said that she was indeed in the ballet and that it would be awesome if I could come see it. Kelly then proceeded to help pick out some really cool clothes for Hannah. Kelly has great fashion sense. We exchanged phone numbers, then Kelly cashed me out and I was about to leave when she said “Hey, I’m getting ready to take a lunch here in a minute. Would you like to hang around a bit and join me?” Without hesitation, I said sure I would really like that.
I hung around and Kelly and I went to grab a quick bite to eat and talk some more. She is so damn easy to talk to. She has a very good sense of humor and I felt really comfortable just being myself. I’m really sarcastic and I’m not always politically correct and she didn’t seem to mind at all. I think that she really actually enjoyed my sarcasm. We talked about a wide variety of things in a very short period of time. She still didn’t ask me my age and I didn’t ask hers either. Maybe it just didn’t matter to her that I appeared to be much older that she is. I do know that it didn’t bother me in the least. I walked her back to her store and she then gave me a hug and a kiss on the check and said that she was looking forward to seeing me tonight, and if I would like to go do something after the show. Wow!! That really made smile. I told her that I was also looking forward to seeing her tonight, and that I would love to go do something. I had a permanent smile on my face the rest of the day.
I went back to the hotel to take a needed nap for an hour or so, and then jump in the shower and get ready for the ballet. I lay down on the bed, turned the TV on and I bet you in less than 1 minute I was asleep. I woke up 2 hours later feeling refreshed. I’m not one to take naps, but damn, I felt much better after that one. Maybe I should take naps more often. Nah, I don’t normally have time for that in my day to day life back home. I got dressed, threw on some cologne and headed out to the ballet. It was going to start in about an hour. I was about half way there when I realized that I had forgotten my ticket back at the hotel. I take the next possible turn and make a block and head back to the hotel to pick it up. The traffic light ahead of me was red so I started to slow down, but then it turned green so I sped back up. As I was going through the intersection I heard this very loud screeching noise. I turn to my right to see what it was and what I saw was a big fucking semi truck locking it’s breaks and heading right toward me. Everything then seemed to be in slow motion. I tried to speed up to get out of the way, but the next thing I knew, the truck slammed into me and my car went flying. I was flipping over and over and was then upside down sliding until I came to a stop. It happened so fast. I was hanging there upside down in my car and was in shock I think. I couldn’t move. I look down as I’m hanging there and see a huge pool of blood below me and it’s still falling from my head. I begin to feel numb and sleepy. I didn’t feel any pain at all, but was just so tired. I started to fade in and out of consciousness. People were trying to get me out of the car. In what seemed like an instant, I started to think about my whole life, everything that I had been through. The good times, the bad times, choices that I had made throughout my life. I started to think about my beautiful daughter. I thought to myself “Am I dying? I don’t feel right. Is Hannah going to grow up without me? I then started to think about Kelly. “ I need to call her to tell her that I might not make it there. She is going to think that I stood her up”. I tried to look around for my phone. It could be anywhere. I saw the phone laying about 2 feet from me on the roof of the car which was now the floor of the car. I tried to reach for it, but I could not move. My mind was telling my arms to move, but my arms were obviously not getting the message. I could see the blood pouring down off of me to the roof below, but I could not feel it. Dave was getting very sleepy and could not keep his eyes open. He would open his eyes once every 20 seconds or so, then every 40 seconds, then they finally just stayed shut.
The ballet started promptly and 7:30 and Kelly would glance out into the audience every once in a while to see if she could see Dave. She remembers him telling her that he had a really good seat towards the front, but no sign of Dave. After the show, Kelly came out to look for him, but he was nowhere to be found. She then tried calling his cell phone, but just got his voice mail. Kelly was sad that he didn’t show up. She was really looking forward to seeing him that night. She then became somewhat angry that he had stood her up. She then regrouped with her friends and went to get a bite to eat, but kept thinking about him and didn’t understand why he wouldn’t show up. She really thought that he liked her and was excited about coming to see her. Kelly went home, tried to call Dave a couple more times. She left a message each time, but no return call. Kelly then went to bed wondering why he didn’t show up. She cried and then the beautiful ballerina fell asleep.