Potential History

Years ago...god, it feels like a lifetime away. I had missed an opportunity.

Three of my best girlfriends and I were at the movie theatres..I believe we were going to see some chick flick or something...

Anyway, we were standing in line to get out tickets, and there was this guy ahead of us. He was also with a large group of girls but this I hadn't paid any attention to. In central Minnesota you usually just assume that as a gay teenager, you are the one and only of your kind.

He had color and a spark to him. His hair had just recently been dyed red and his brown eyes drew everything in. He was masculine in all the ways necessary, and gentle in all the ways necessary, and I totally blew him off.

'Hey, aren't you in Boy Scouts?' he asked.

'Um, yea.'

'I thought I've seen you around at a camporee or something..'

'Um, I don't think so, I don't recognize you.'

With a dejected look he turns back to his friends, I to mine and we get our tickets for the show. Kristina, a spunky thing with a loud mouth and kind heart, pulled me down to her height and whispered agressively--> 'Dammit Dave he was flirting with you! He was hot and interested in you and blew him off!'

Eh well..I missed my chance. We saw the movie, which of course was mindlessly entertaining. On the way out...he was standing at the entrance, his movie had gotten out earlier, all his friends were no where to be seen...the shy nervous side of me took control and just walked past him not makign eye contact.

*sigh*...if only