fooling in love

i first met nicola and her big (yet equally small) sister at a beach resort last summer. earlier this week she and some of her school friends joined up with some other people that were at the same resort at the same time, and they all arrived in town on thursday.

i met nicola in the park near my place on friday night. she looks even better as a 19 year old than she did at 18. she'd never really flirted with me when her sister or my girlfriend were around, but whenever it had been just the two of us she was much more friendly. however on friday, slightly drunk and mildly stoned, i read nothing besides the setting sun sparkling in her green eyes.

we met up with the others and went to the same clubs that all the other tourists in town were at. the only thing i like less than tourists and the clubs they hang out at, is the music that gets played at the clubs that tourists hang out at. one of nicola's friends was being increasingly amorous towards me, but i wasn't showing any interest at all. partly because i wasn't very interested, and partly (as the alcohol gradually increased my interest) just in case there was a chance to have nicola herself. (or by way of back-up, sarah, someone's cute red-headed 20-something sister)

tony, one of the guys who'd been at the beach with us last summer, was being pretty flirtacious all round, and was dancing with the girls. he came over to me and said "what's wrong? grab a girl. have fun." so i told him that old anecdote about the two bulls:

there was a young bull and an old bull standing on a hill, surveying the herd. the young bull says to the old bull "let's run down there and fuck one of those cows". to which the old bull replies "no. let's walk down and fuck them all"

that was my second mistake. the third mistake was to go on and brag about my recent success in the sexual arena. my fourth mistake was to go off and roll a big doobie.

the first mistake, incidentally, was thinking i ever had a chance to fuck nicola.

so while i was in the bathroom rolling a joint, tony told nicola what i'd told him. then as we passed it around, she started paying me more and more attention. by the time i was thoroughly stoned, she was tossing her hair around and running her fingers across her chest, teasing her blouse open and bucking her hips just like she knew i'd like. i kept on playing it cool, smiling and rolling my eyes at sarah every now and then, as if to say "hah! look at this silly little girl". then i went to the bar and when i came back i stayed a little way apart from her. but her movements were mesmerising and eventually, entranced, i pushed past a couple of others in the group towards her.

with immaculate timing, she looked straight at me, then turned away and walked towards tony.

i was feeling pretty humiliated, and only knew one way to respond. i immediately turned my focus towards the girls outside our circle, and over the next 5 minutes, just through body movement and fleeting eye contact, i tempted three of them to join our group to dance with me, only to completely ignore them once they'd done so. tony made a joke suggesting he thought i was failing to score these girls, but i could tell from nicola's face that she knew i was just showing off.

not long after that i told her i was leaving, and she asked to share a cab.