Page 74 of Imperfections Seduced
“I hope I see you again. Good luck on the date with the General here.” He flashes me his infectious Colgate-commercial smile before leaving the table walking out the door. “You pick them up wherever you go, young, old, rich, poor.”
“Not this time. As you can clearly see, he came over here and picked me up.”
“He’s cute.”
“I know, but he’s a little young… Well, younger than the men I usually date. He’s in college; that means he doesn’t have much in the way of finances.”
“That doesn’t matter, you like him. I can tell you do. He seems like a nice guy. You never know what could happen. He might be your Prince Charming.”
“If I believed in fairytale endings. I’m a realist. Real shit happens to real people. I create and write my own stories and they end the way I want them to.”
“Cynical much?”
“Yes, all the time.” She takes a sip of her soda.
The waitress comes to take our order. Chloe orders a grilled chicken salad with chili cheese fries and extra cheese. She says it balances out. Like her, you get the good with the not so good. I choose a cherry Dr Pepper with a chicken Caesar salad.
“So how are the rug rats you’re teaching?” Chloe pushes away her half-eaten salad and takes a bite of her chili fries.
“My kids are not rug rats! They are very entertaining young individuals. I haven’t started teaching yet. Mrs. Smith is due to go on maternity leave any day now, then I’ll take over the class for her until the end of the year.”
“Good luck with that. I don’t have that maternal thing like you and Isabel. Spending more than a day with all those kids would be torture to me. They’d fire my ass after the first day for drinking on the job.”
“You would not.” I laugh and wipe my mouth.
“Cat, wouldn’t I?”
“Yeah, you would. You would be the last person I would call to babysit for me when I have kids. No offense.”
“None taken. Speaking of kids, I saw Vanessa with your niece Sasha yesterday.”
“Where?”
“They came into the store. She was shopping for a dress to wear to a cocktail party.”
“Yeah, my parents, Jay, and she are going to a charity event tonight. I’m babysitting Sasha for them.”
“Sounds boring. Why aren’t you going with them instead of sitting at home changing shitty diapers?”
“I haven’t spent a lot of time with my niece since I’ve been back. I like spending time with her, and she’s out of diapers. Besides, it’s better than spending the night with my mother, forcing what she believes are suitable well-to-do gentlemen on me every time I turn around.”
“That doesn’t sound bad to me. All my mother forces on me is food and opinions I don’t want or ask for.”
“I’d take the food over the men any day.”
“Have you switched sides?”
“What are you talking about?”
“Are you waving the rainbow flag? Since you’ve been back I haven’t seen you go out on one date. The closest I’ve seen you come to a guy is Richard.”
“I have not switched sides.”
“It’s cool if you’re a lesbian now or if you’re bi-curious. We’ve all been there, no judgment.”
“I’m not a lesbian, bi-curious, or any other type of curious when it comes to my sexual preferences. I like men. I’m attracted to men.”
“Okay, so why haven’t you been with any?”
