Amy

Of course, that wasn't the whole story.

I went to a wedding last Saturday and I was determined to make an impression. This was my "A-Game" and  I knew that this combined with a couple of drinks boosting my confidence would land me somewhere. It did. She goes by the name of Amy... and she's a lesbian.

We were all in the reception front floor straight after the wedding. It was a small room but we were all mingling with our groups in our own area. It stood by with my usual friends, including Riker, Natalie, Micheal and Samantha. We joked and took photos. As this was happening I was scouting around for anyone who wasn't at the wedding, maybe someone else. My attention pointed towards Sara and her group, she was with my other good friend Leda. I knew Leda from a friend given that she loves the same things that I do, like Xbox. Her red hair and amazing body was easy to spot. I noticed Max and Mandy, but no one else. The whole group consisted of a handful of people, they were all the same age bracket. They were mingling in their own group next to mine. My eye was caught across a blonde girl in a sleek black dress. Our eyes caught each other. But I made nothing of it and continued to have fun with the others. It was interesting because I happened one or more times. By this point, I nudged Riker and told him to check her out. He wasn't too fond and we continued on with our conversation.
I looked down to my glass and saw that I was empty on my second beer. I had my first, but I stole my second from Micheal. He was driving, so he didn't mind. But I was stuck now with nothing. Not too long after that, a guy walked up to me with a bottle of beer offering me for him to top up my glass. Excited, I held out my glass. I smiled and told him that I loved him. It was the blonde who spoke out and told me that I shouldn't really say that out aloud. I smiled. Though in my head I was shocked out to where she had moved to exactly behind my group without me noticing.

People started walk towards the next room not too long after that. I walked though the next room and found my place next to Riker. I could see where Leda, Sara and the blonde girl was sitting. I was sitting in the direction of where they were sitting, the table next.
The night progressed and I could see Leda pulled out her phone. She looked bored. I head over to sit on Mandy's empty chair. I have never really had any chance to speak to her at all in my life. I could at least be her good friend for the night. Though as I walked towards Mandy's chair, I noticed this blonde girl eye me off. She watched me pass her by and sit at a chair on her table. Before I really got to say hi to Leda, the blonde grabbed my attention to introduce herself. She pulled out her hand to me and said "Hi, I'm Amy". I gave her a smile back, I reached out to her hand and kissed it like a gentleman and told her my name. I have no idea why I did that or what exactly I did, all I know I was pretty drunk at this point already.

There was another moment where the whole table had left except Amy. I jumped to that opportunity but it was long until her friend had to return to her seat. The keyword though as I left was that I had taken her "girlfriend's" seat. I wasn't too sure what she had meant by that. Maybe it was just a term that she had used to call her bff. But the signs after the next had proven otherwise. She was taken, so there was no point. She played with my mind the whole night. Who was this girl?
As she left, I said my goodbyes and she left me with a teaser stating that I will see her definitely soon enough. To this day, I still don't understand what she had meant by that. And I can't stop thinking about her.

Sara

My story starts the April of this year. I got a message from Riker telling me about a friend of ours, Esther, is having an Easter party. I haven't really talked much to this friend of our of the late, but this was an Easter party, I've never been to one like this before. I've always spent Easter with either my family or Kayla's family, never with friends. So naturally, I went on to say yes.

I was drunk before I got to the party for some reason. The crazy and loud side of me was out in the open the moment I walked through the doors. I was greeted by two girls who went by the names of Sara and Mandy. Maybe it was the alcohol, but straight away I was interested in Sara. My drunken self broke into conversation with her. Throughout the night, the main topic was Sonic the Hedgehog versus Mario. In which I had to prove that Sonic was better. Sara was in the middle of this, because I was interested in her I was so persistent to get her onto my side. My best came in a form of a marriage proposal, something on the lines about give me one hundred rings for a life as I drop down to one knee. But I crashed and burn throughout the rest of the night, this was according to the Sonic argument and trying to win her over in general. She wasn't interested.
Maybe it was because I was way too drunk or maybe because I showed a fair bit of signs being interested in Esther's fiancé's 14 year sister. I won't know. By the end of it all, I said bye and made her promise me that we would see each other soon enough.

I added her on facebook. But nothing.
A chat on facebook was attempted, but in the end she just wasn't interested in me.

Everything changed though at Esther's wedding that had occurred last Saturday.
I was invited to by Esther if I wanted to come to her wedding. It was last minute but I was happily invited to attend. Again, I wasn't that close to Esther, but a wedding is a wedding. I've had my own fair share of experiences to know how it works, I've even seen a fair bit of movies and shows to back up everything. So I know I had to bring my "A-Game" to this wedding, I really had to.
I bought myself a $250 suit, spent the morning at the gym, shined my best pair of Guess shoes, spent a fair bit on a haircut and products, shaved, brought out my Guess aviator sunglasses and soaked myself in the very best of the Hugo Boss fragrance. This was my A-Game and I could do nothing more. And it showed the moment Riker and Nat arrived at the front of my apartment to pick me up. Natalie turned to Riker and told "Oh my. Riker, today you're on your own". I sat through the wedding and afterwards we all stood by the front of the church. It was sunny and the warmth was welcoming.
My Guess shades came in handy as I scouted the area searching through the crowd to see who I knew. It was Sara who stood out for me with her colorful blue dress. The light of the nice Saturday afternoon made her stand out from the others. Of course, I stood out, though I was wearing a charcoal suit, it was how the whole suit fitted me that made me stand out. I watched her as she pulled out of circle of friends to make a phone-call. She stood by near where I was standing. When she finished her call, she walked past me. She glanced towards me for a split-second, but because I had reflective shades she couldn't make out if I saw looking at her or not. So she went back to her friends. Already, at this point, I knew what she thought about me was different to Easter.

The reception came next. I didn't talk to her at the reception front, it wasn't until the fair bit of the night that I finally walked up to her to say hi. She was talking to a friend, Max, who I just met again not too long ago. I was surprised that they knew each other. My first question was a query onto how they knew each other. I didn't listened to exactly what she said. Predicted, she asked me back how do I know her friend. Max answer in my behalf that we both did an animation college degree a few years back. She seemed impressed. I left it at there for now.
The night progressed and more I noticed that Max was really into Sara. He was always by her side, trying to win her attention. It reminded me of myself back at the Easter party. I was certain that she was more focused on me than Max. I saw an opportunity when everyone on Sara's table had went over to the lounge area to take photo's of each other. I jumped into this as soon as I found out. In the end of that, I found myself having my photo taken with Sara, or that she wanted to take and photo me of me and her.

I significant part of the night for me and Sara was the guestbook. I happened to spot a book that everyone was signing. When I walked to it, Sara happened to be signing it. I saw that she had written a small little message for the bride and the groom and that she had over used the word "awesome". I pointed it out. She pouted and challenged me to do a better job. I took upon that offer as I picked up a pen. She watched me pick up the pen and then look back her. She awaited for me write something. When I realized that she was gonna watch me do a 'better job' than me, I playfully snapped at her and ran.
I came back when she wasn't around and drew a picture of the bride and groom just below Sara's message. I then went on to write a message overusing the word "awesome" to tease Sara. It wasn't long until she saw the message. I wasn't too far from the book and I saw her read the message. She immediately saw me and walk towards me. I ran. She chased me around the tables. It was Max who playful grabbed her, yelling out "I got her! Run Chase!". As I made my escape, I heard her call out to me "No! I just wanted to say that it was a good drawing!". I laughed in my head but still made my escape.

The night came to a close not too long after that. I found myself at a mini photobooth that was set up for a bit of fun. Of course, I wanted to do this before the night ended. I was joined with Micheal and his wife Samantha after a few shots. I peered outside the booth to see who I could make join the photo and it happened to be Sara who was walked towards the booth. I grabbed her arm and got her quickly to join in one last photo. But that was it. The night ended not too long after that. I was really drunk the whole time and I did have a conversation one on one with Sara at one point (which though ended quickly when the DJ played my song and I bolted to the dance floor). But it was good.
Sara was different the second time around and I know this part of the story is just started to get going.