22 November, 2001 - 6:03 p.m.

Oh. My. God.

What just happened in the last 30 minutes of my day so far just goes to show that life is not without its twists and turns. And that everybody gets their share of the smiles, sooner or later.

I was walking down this arcade that I usually short-cut through to get to the bus station in order to get home, and as I was passing this store that I frequent a fair bit, I hear this tapping coming from somewhere to my right. So, being the curious little capricorn I am, I turned to see what was making the small, but consistent racket.

It was this .. dare I say it? .. absolutely gorgeous guy that I've only been eyeing for, like, the past few months, but had figured out that somebody that cute and funny had to already have had a girlfriend, right? Nah-uh. I couldn't've been more wrong.

Anyway, I'm getting way ahead of myself here :D I see him sitting on this chair where he must have been doing stocktake or something, and he's tapping on the glass window. I wave hi, and was just about to walk on, when I saw him hold up his hand as if to stop me.

Of course I stop, and I look at him questioningly. He crooks his index finger at me, and beckons me closer to the window. I move in closer. I see him scribbling something furiously down on a sheet of paper in front of him, and then he rips the bottom bit off, and holds it up against the window.

I read it. I do a double take. I look at him, and then glance down at the piece of paper again. I mouth the words to myself.

"have lunch with me tomorrow .. ?"

Have lunch with me tomorrow?! Was he crazy? Of course I would. I would jump through hoops of fire if it would make him happy.

Hell, I would smear myself in chocolate body paint and make us both happy :P~

I look back at him incredously, and nod my response. I could feel my face beginning to redden, so I figured if there was ever going to be an appropriate time to remove myself from this situation, now would be it.

And so I smiled at him. I was hoping to go for an I'm-glad-you-asked-me-and-YES-I-would-love-to-have-lunch-with-you smile, but I think I just ended up with a goofy grin. Them's the breaks, though, I guess.

Right now, though, I couldn't be more happy :)

Oh, except I'm off to pick up one of my closest friends and we're going to hit the shops.

Life. Live it, and love it, baby :D