antigravity I
*1st July 1995*
Henry was with me at that time … and pointed out to me that there’s a ‘not bad’ looking chick at Charles & David’s birthday party … sort of like hinted me that I should get excited over it. But I don’t feel like socializing that night coz I’ve been having some really tough time with my then girlfriend. My girlfriend had been frequently transforming herself into a female dog. She made me felt sick about girls and sort of psychologically made me want to remain single for the rest of my life. I was just spending most of my time in a dark corner at that party (alright, it’s not dark .. I added ‘dark’ because it sounds nice in that sentence).
It was then, my friend Animal ambled along our way and shoved into our conversation. Apparently, he was part of the organizing comittee that night and had been acting haughty about it. As usual, he would boast about him being an important person and was acting busy in front of us that he actually needed to handle a lot of things in that party. I do not know what’s wrong with him but, the only thing he really did was to just invite some of his college-mates to the party. No big deal.
And that was the reason when the rest of us began to lose interest in his topics. Perhaps that made him felt less important than he wanted to feel — so, he went around telling his female college-mates that he wanted to introduce us (his buddies) to them. Well, I wasn’t impressed … coz I have had enough with girls. But then, I managed to muster some courage to make myself friendly, as I do not want to embarrass my friend - Animal .. and most importantly myself.
I shaked a lot of strangers’ hands that night.. with myself introducing my name repeatedly and not paying a single attention to any names I heard. To me, this was just an act of courteous socializing .. nothing more. But I do notice a girl who looked very different from the rest. She has a very sweet smile and it actually made me felt a little bit antigravity. Somehow, special. But then, my abhorrence for girls haywired my thoughts at that very moment and I did not bother to do anything about it.
When the party ended, Animal suddenly came to me and asked “Mike .. is your car full ?”. Apparently, he wanted me to help him fetch 4 girls back to their home from the party location. At any normal circumstances, it would have been a pleasure for me… but not on that night. But then again, I do not want to make my problems became my friend’s as well … so, I agreed to help. I treated it as just an almost reluctant favor for a friend.
Henry and I then proceed to meet up the 4 girls at a very dark corner (this time’s for real). I couldn’t see the faces very well because of the poor lighting … but I can see the silhouette of the girls pretty clearly. –> 1 average height/skinny, 1 short/skinny, 1 average height/obese … and another one with average height with a balanced figure. One must have noticed that these 4 girls actually covered all the sizes for a boutique business… they sort of like balance out each other in some way.
I can still remember myself starting a joke telling them that I’m suppose to pick up 4 kidnapped girls for sale from my vendor - Animal - supposedly to lighten up my miserable situation by hearing them laugh at my absurd jokes. And those 4 girls appeared to be a very friendly bunch … very chatty. It felt as if we’ve all have known each other for many years - and most amazingly, we’ve only seen the silhouettes of each other. Henry .. myself .. and the 4 girls chatted non-stop when we herded them into my car .. and also along the journey.
At about 10 minutes through the journey, the chatting began to cease and slowly, one by one of them dropped out from the conversation. Until it finally left only 2 of us chatting — myself (driving) and one of the girls who sat in the middle of my backseat. She was awesome. I can really talk a lot with her. In fact, she made me forgot all my problems I had with my girlfriend .. and also somehow, made my car felt like a 200HP race car (alright, just kidding about that final part).
It was then, I somehow felt that I must take a good look at the face of this awesome individual .. and so, I turned back to have a good look at her face. It was her. The girl who gave me the antigravity effect during the handshaking session at the party. Omg - i thought. She was ..of course … dumbfounded and asked me what’s wrong with her face. Then, the antigravity began to take effect inside my stomach. My internal organs were floating like a fat corpse on the surface of a very salty sea …
I felt different from that moment on. No more melancholy feel. The night felt so young and I immediately asked the girl if she wanted to join me at the extended session of the party (which was held at a club) … which she politely declined. That time, I knew I was in love. I have mentally got over my depression and virtually dumped my girlfriend … and fell in love with this girl.
In fact, I got so inebriated by the love potion .. that I did not realize that I have made the most terrible mistake a guy will never do — to ask for the girl’s name and number! Worst of all, I only realized that after I’ve dropped her off at her place and was halfway to the extended party location. FUCK !!!!!!!!!