Her Perspective:
The setting was Pub Night at the Canadian Embassy in Kiev, Ukraine. I was stuck at a table forced to listen to the self absorbed musings of two less than interesting men - like having a front row seat to two simultaneously occurring auditions by third-rate actors.Then I see him. My rescuer, my hero. He is coming to take me away from this less than pleasant conversation. Michael, who I had formally met through a mutual friend, walked up next to me, pulled out a chair and sat down beside me. Instead of asking if I wanted to go get a drink or tell me that there was a pressing matter that needed my immediate attention, he sat down. Right beside me. Effectively blocking any chance I had of saving myself. Could he not see the look of dread and boredom on my face? Nope, utterly clueless, he joined the conversation.
Sitting there, oblivious to my distress, he asked what I was drinking. A Paralyzer, I told him. Michael nonchalantly reached out, grabbed my drink and took a sip. He nodded his head in approval, then set the drink down again.
Needless to say, I was shocked and taken aback. This guy I barely knew, a perfect stranger, shared my drink without asking, without any concern of what I might think. Who does that?!?
His Perspective:
I saw her there, the cute blonde girl, who I remember seeing at those summer camps long ago. I sat down beside her and joined the conversation. Feeling a little parched, I asked her what she was drinking. Some milky cocktail if I recall correctly. I took a sip. We hung out for a while longer that night before I walked her home. Our Perspective:
Even though our first memorable meeting occurred in 2007 at the Embassy, there were plenty of meetings prior to that fateful occasion. Turns out, we had spent considerable periods of time together in our adolescent years at summer camps, though we never really knew each other and Oresta claims to have no memory of Michael's existence.All in all, our first [kinda] real [sure, I guess] meeting was the beginning of something special.
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