Was It a Date?

Rounds Two and Three:

The night after I went out with Bryan (who I keep talking with and I think would be interested if I cast out the dating line-I don't have time right now) I met XM at my bar for drinks and some food. It was a really great time. I adore him and love spending time with him. I just don't feel a strong desire to get the guy naked. It's incredibly unfortunate. We both spoke of dates we've been on since we stopped dating, it's been long enough to do that, especially since we were friendly and dating others when we first met. We stayed a couple hours and then he walked me to my corner where we hugged goodbye. No forceful, out of nowhere kiss this time which was nice. Right after I got home, I received an email from him giving me the link to a website we'd been laughing over (http://marmadukeexplained.blogspot.com/ - hilarious stuff people). Since then, we've emailed back and forth a couple times, but nothing serious, so I'm fairly certain what started as a date for one of us, ended not as one mutually which is perfect.

Flash to this past Monday when XM met Angie and me out for trivia night. First, thank God he met us out - I had been feeling out of it all day and was fairly useless in all things trivial (even more out of it Tuesday - turns out it was the beginning of a really bad stomach/intestinal flu - I've been home sick two days and it totally is not fun), moving on. So, we had a great time at trivia and it wasn't uncomfortable at all because, hey, last time wasn't a date, right? Well, he kept brushing his leg against mine, would let his hand linger on mine when taking the pen, drank out of my beer a couple times (hope he didn't catch my cooties), kept catching him staring at me (granted, that could have been the Evil Twin hair). He offered to drive Angie and me home. She lives on the Hill so she suggested dropping me off, then dropping her off at U Street so she could catch the bus and I agreed it made sense. He shot me a look that I can only describe as disappointed and then started to suggest another plan, which I interrupted to point out that the one we had made the most sense. He's just a hard one to read.

More importantly, we came in second place! Which meant $20 off our bar tab (first is $100 off). I think we fared very well considering there were only 3 of us, compared to the 5 veterans who beat us. We will be going back and we will be bringing a stronger team!