and I had a little adventure on my way into the restaurant.
I'm talking to my mom on the phone, trying to tell her that I need to get off the phone and go inside. I walk towards the door, realize there's a crowd of people there and the "atmosphere-providing" music is blaring, and turn around to walk away from the noise, as I'm still on the phone. I finish talking, say goodbye and turn around again to go inside.
This is when I notice the eye staring at me. Roughly twelve pairs of them. In a bit of a circle. All looking at me.
Mentally taking note of what I'm wearing and how hot I don't look (death cab for cutie tshirt, gray puffy vest, jeans, converse, long-day-at-work hair), I continue towards the door, and I swear to god they all watched me the whole way like one of those paintings where the subjects eyes follow you. I get to the door, open it, turn around and look at them, and...
so what did I do?
I waved. And said, "Hi there." because, well, I wasn't just going to let them stare and not say something.
and one of the guys says "we're not gay." And I laugh.
"um, okay..." I say. "That's great?"
"No, really. I mean, some of us are gay, but most of us aren't." (laughter from his friends)
"That's good?...well, enjoy your dinn-"
"-no, seriously." he said.
"Okay, then, which ones of you are gay?" A few of them point at two guys who look angry/annoyed/shocked, presumably because they weren't gay. "um, okay, right, then..." I say. "Gay in the happy sense, got it. Enjoy your dinner!"they laugh. I go inside.
it was amusing. maybe you had to be there.
When I told Collin this story, before I could even tell about the "we're not all gay" part of the story, his first question was, "were they gay?" Which is a reasonable question that just made me laugh even harder.
And, y'know what? I never thought they might be gay. I just thought they were probably a group of frat guys eating dinner for initiation or something. shows what being in a sorority will do to you--make you jump to a different type of conclusion.
at least they were all cute. youngins, but cute.


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