Yesterday he would have turned on his blank stare and got a drink from the fridge and then walked out as if they were all invisible. But after todays joyful encounter he didn’t think he had the ability to pull it off. He needed anger to build up his walls but after the last few hours he didn’t have any anger in him.
Quickly he decided to play it coy. He walked in with all the grace he could muster and got a Dew from the fridge. Turning to walk back out his mom popped off at him, “Hey sleepy head, I’m used to you being up and gone early every morning, what happened to make you sleep away the afternoon?”
Now did he detect a smirk in her voice? Did she know first hand or was she just in the wise? If she knew surely she would be upset, wouldn’t she? If in fact she were one of the group then being upset was probably a moot point. How should he respond? All these thoughts racing thru his head so fast he couldn’t think.
He couldn’t come up with a response worth saying so he just kept his mouth shut and sat down on the couch. What was going to happen next he wondered? 7 to 1 odds meant he was not going to win no matter what he did but then again losing wasn’t always a bad thing.
Who was the mystery girl? Who knows, in fact who cares at this point. His life will never be the same as it is. He doubted he would ever top this day. “Everything from here on out will be nothing in comparison. Or will it?” He wondered as 7 girls walked in the room with his mom following. All of them sat down and they were looking at him with a glint in their eyes. “Shit! What am I getting myself into here? Ah hell, who cares!” He said to himself and losing all self control he just sat there with a big smile on his face and waited.