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CHAPTER 10: 20th march- made it to lunch

well here i am at lunch in one of the trendier parts of town, perfectly located so all i have to do is walk across the road for my meeting with the financial planner for that new big firm i've got.
but i'm sitting here alone writing 'cos laura is late as usual.
she's like a whirlwind that girl. constantly on the go.
i hope her 'party' went off last night. i hope her boyfriend took my advice & DIDN'T get her the free audience tickets for wheel of fortune. what a cheapskate.
"hey baby!"
that'll be her :)
"oh my god! what happened to your face?!"
"a train hit me,"
"WHAT?"
"not really. look i'll tell u later ok? can we talk about your party now?"
"r u ok??"
"yeah i'm fine! party gossip! now!"
"ok, but first, oooh gary! i've just met the most adorable boy outside!"
"hey, what about max?"
"max, hmph. i'm going to finish with him."
"why?" uh oh i thought, he didn't..
"he didn't even bother his arse to rock up til the end of the night, then to top it off he got me 'free' tickets 2 b a fucking audience member of wheel of fucking fortune. i mean fuck's sake gary, his mum WORKS there! she's ALWAYS got free tickets! besides, i've never watched the bloomin show in my entire life!"
i couldn't help but smile, max was such a dickhead tho. i don't know what she ever saw in him.
"oh well, good riddance 2 max, & good luck 2 laura with her new adorable boy outside!"
"oooh i wish!"
"how did u meet an adorable boy outside anyway?"
"i was rushing around a corner ran smack bang in2 him & made him drop everything he was carrying, so i helped him pick it all up. he said it was all the files for his 2 o'clock meeting & he'd just got them from the car 'cos he'd had 2 take them home 2 put them in order last night. i felt ever so bad. his name's tom. he's SUCH a dish"
"tom? it might b the financial planner across the road that i'm meeting @ 2!"
"oooh, lucky u if it is! i'll be ever so jealous! tho u'd be more likely to get a date with him than i would!"
"what's that supposed 2 mean?"
"well i'm pretty sure he's gay, he didn't flirt with me or sneak a look at my boobs or anything!"
"that doesn't mean he's gay! maybe he's just a nice guy!"
"hmmm, nah, doubt it. he's gay. anyway gary, all the girls r happy at the mo.."
"why's that?"
"i told them all last night that u were footloose & fancy free again!"
"LAURA!"
"what?!"
"the LAST thing i want is to deal with a mob of your scaley mates :( "
"oh come on, they're all gorgeous! & most of them r rich & single AND totally interested in u,"
"please laura, after margot i just need some fucking time & space to, to just breathe, 2 b myself again. in fact, it's been so long since i've been in the real world that i think i'm going 2 have 2 FIND myself 1st b4 i can BE myself. i don't even know who i AM anymore. i've had enough of scheming clicky, bitchy, fashionable social climbing girls!"
"fuck gary," she paused as if she was trying to sniff back tears, "i'm sorry babe. i had no idea u were so miserable. u need some men friends 2 go do men things with,"
"men things?! heh. well yeah i've been hanging out with craig as much as i can,"
"what about that guy at the bar last night?"
"yeah i was just about 2 mention olly,"
"oh he has a name now?"
"well yes, he does,"
"and?"
"and??"
"and does he hate u 'cos u hate doctors?!"
"heh, er, no, i don't think so. he helped me get my face sorted out tho when this happened,"
"FINALLY ur gonna tell me, so what did happen anyway? he didn't beat u up so he could show off his fixing-up doctors skills did he?"
"ah, no. that wouldn't have been anywhere near as exciting," i smiled,
"AND?? and and and? don't keep me in suspense!"
"well it's not really THAT exciting, really painful tho, funnily enough," & i told her the story & how olly looked after me & got me sorted & stayed with me the whole time then delivered me back to my door.
"wow, how romantic!"
"romantic? yeah being knocked out by a door & spending much of the rest of the night delirious with pain, real romantic!"
"oh u know what i mean, olly looking after u, that's so sweet, i think it's romantic, maybe it's a sign,"
"oh fuck's sake, it wasn't like that! not one bit! geeez. if it was a sign it was warning him 2 stay away from me,"
"well i think it's romantic. how nice of him hey. he didn't have to stay with u,"
"yeah i know, he was great. i feel so bad cos i asked him on the way home in the taxi if he'd b on the bus 2day & he said yeah, & then i slept in & wasn't,"
"u stood him up. u big meanie."
"well, not quite, but,"
"yes u did. & u have 2 make it up 2 him now."
"how tho'?"
"use your bloody imagination gary! buy him a drink, cook him a meal!"
"u make it sound as tho i'm after him!"
"well maybe u should b gary."
"what?!"
"well maybe u should! u said urself you've had enough of chicks,"
"yeah, but i didn't mean,"
"maybe a guy is just what u need, u basically ARE chasing him anyway, just not sexually, maybe u should consider it,"
"i don't see why i should, i never have before,"
"exactly,"
"i'm not gay laura, that's kind of a pre-requisit if a guy goes after a guy,"
"how do u know if u've never tried?"
"i don't need 2 try, i just fucking know."
"don't u feel even the slightest bit curious? u said u feel bad for standing him up, don't u even feel a slight desire 2 chase him & make it up 2 him?!"
"well i told u i felt bad, i don't want him 2 hate me, but it doesn't mean anything else,"
"well it's a start i guess,"
"laura, i don't want 2 chase olly," i said just a little too loudly.
"well we'll just have 2 hope that it's the same tom ur meeting that i bumped in2. u can start there."
"laura fuck's sake! i'm not chasing any men! and u don't even know if they're gay! fuck!"
"friendship first! nah, tom is, i'm certain, watch him if it's the same one, i hope it is,"
"well how will i know, just ask him if he bumped in2 a chick outside & DIDN'T look @ her tits?"
"something like that, let's order, i'm starving,"
"laura u can't just stir things up then change the subject!"
"yes i can, wanna share a nacho?"
i sighed. i couldn't b arsed arguing. i'd never win, she somehow manages 2 make it look like i'm digging myself in2 a big hole.
"yeah ok," i said & i watched her march off 2 the counter with a big smile on her face.
i don't understand why she's saying all this stuff about me chasing olly.
does she think i'm gay?
i don't act gay.
well i don't think i do, do i?
maybe i do, & everyone in the world takes one look at me & thinks i am.
maybe olly thinks i am.
fuck.
i don't want that.
maybe that's why he doesn't like me?
but he said he does like me.
shite gary, stop it.
i'm getting all hot & sweaty, flustered.
good one laura! right b4 my important meeting!
here she comes.
"what r u frowning about now gary?"
"u've got me all bloody flustered now haven't u,"
"why?"
"'cos of all those things u were saying,"
"well u know what that is, it's a guilty conscious!"
"no it isn't."
"isn't it?"
"no." she just kept looking at me. "what?"
"i just think u should try it. u might find it's right up your alley,"
"oh har-de fucking har,"
"no pun intended, but seriously, chicks have fucked u about, i agree, so why not experiment?"
"'cos everyone will think i'm a faggot."
"everyone like who? u've given up all the friends u knew with margot. just make new friends who don't give a toss. or who do, if u ask nicely :)"
"laura please, stop it,"
"this is really getting 2 u isn't it?"
i didn't bother replying.
"i'm only thinking out loud, tossing around a few ideas,"
i just looked at her, saying nothing still.
"ok i'll stop."
"thanku,"
the nacho arrived then thankbloodygod & we ate silently for awhile. everything she'd said was floating around my head.
.. maybe a guy is just what u need ..
.. how do u know if u've never tried ? ..
.. it's a guilty conscious ..
.. i just think u should try ..
.. why not experiment ? ..
.. right up your alley...
.. right up your alley.......
i'll never b able 2 look @ olly the same.
"so tell me all about last night then laura, come on that's s'posed 2 b why we're here,"
"oooh yeah, we had tremendous fun!"
i let her babble on 4 the rest of the meal, thankful she'd 4gotten all about olly. finally it was 1:30 & she had 2 get back 2 work, so i thought i'd escaped unscathed & i'd b left alone 2 do some writing in peace for a 1/2 hour.
but no.
"GO GET 'IM TIGER!" she teased, bloody yelling it from the doorway so that everyone looked @ me. damn!
i don't know whether she was meaning tom or olly, but all i wanna do b4 a big meeting like this is prepare 4 it, not think about fucking him! er, that was wrong, not that i was actually thinking specifically about fucking him, oh, fuck, u know what i mean.
shut up gary b4 u dig an even bigger hole.
..
ok, time to go meet tom.
wish me luck.

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