Filling in the Gap
OK...It's Monday and I have a lot to fill you in on since I haven't been online much.
WEDNESDAY - Picked Deven up and headed to the club to get it ready for David's 21st Birthday. On time, Joey showed up and we headed to Killeen for the dinner. As always, we were early. We sat in the lobby of the Buffet Palace (Best buffet in Killeen...All types of Asian food, not just chinese...If you are in Killeen, you must go...Great place!) anywho.... in the lobby of Buffet Palace for about 5 minutes when David, Jon, and David's Mom & co-worker walked in. We progressed to our table and waited for the Hag herself. Sherri finally showed up and we hit the buffet line.
Dinner was great. We had quite a few laughs, talked about everything under the sun, enjoyed stories of David's childhood via his momma, and talked about David's life since being stationed at Fort Hood. Finally, his little birthday cake shows up and we sing happy birthday. We pay the bill, jump in our cars and head to the club.
Being Wednesday I had to host Karaoke. David sang 12 too many times...The boy can't sing and he knows it. Overall, it was a very fun night. We closed the bar and headed to IHOP as usual.
THURSDAY - Decided to let Deven bartend so I could pick up the office and organize some stuff. It was quite a dead night. Headed to IHOP then came home. Nothing fun to report.
FRIDAY - Uhm....worked at the bar...Quite a busy night actually...Nothing of interest to report.
SATURDAY - I woke up at 11am, created some flyers for the club, picked up Deven, went to Staples to print off the flyers, then headed to Waco for Central Texas Pride 2004.
Deven and I arrived in Waco and laughed as soon as we saw the festival. No more than 75 people, I swear. Its funny...They move the festival to Heritage Square, downtown Waco, and no one shows up. I think it was better when they had it in the park on the other side of the river. Anywho, its Waco so you can't make too much fun of it. I saw a lot of old friends so that was good. Its been 4 or 5 years since I participated in Waco Pride or had anything to do with Waco. It was nice seeing some old faces again.
The festival ended and Deven and I decided to march in the parade. It was fun...towards the end we just jumped on the back of a truck and rode it all the way to the Gay/Lesbian Community Center.
The Center used to be a nightclub called David's which I spent way too many days at during my youth. It is amazing how they transformed it. A lot of old memories came rushing back. We socialized for a while then headed back to Temple.
We got to the club around 6pm and decided to nap until we opened at 7. At 7:17 I finally woke up and we got the club ready to go. When Chris & Vanessa arrived Deven and I took off for dinner. We went to Chili's to eat and say HI to Joey but their power was out. Apparently a transformer blew and the entire block was without power in the kitchens. We had a round of drinks and Joey was told he was off for the night so the three of us headed to Las Casas to eat.
After dinner we headed back to the bar for work. It wasn't packed but it wasn't dead either. From the lack of sleep I caught my second wind and just started being crazy. The night ended so I did all my manager stuff and we headed to Jack in the Box then to Sherry's. Stayed at Sherry's for about an hour, dropped Deven off, headed home.
SUNDAY - Woke up at 10am to call Joey to wake up for work. Went back to bed. Sam called around 11:30...talked for a few minutes then went back to bed. Finally woke up for the day at 1:17. Headed to Deven's to pick him up (We spend WAY too much time together) then headed to the club to do inventory. Talked to Joey, we all decided to stay in town for the night. Dropped Deven off at his house. Joey calls and we are back to our original plan of going to Austin. Call Deven & Chris and we agree to meet at the club at 9 then head to Austin.
I get an hour nap, shower, get cute, pick up Deven, meet the boys at the club. We decide that we are going to meet at OCH so we head down to Austin.
Shortly after arriving at Oil Can Harry's Deven noticed the "asshole" from a few weeks ago. You remember him...The one I yelled at for peeling off the new decorations at the club. His name is Justin by the way. Anywho...I go over and say HI and he tells me they are there celebrating his friend Josh's 26th birthday. I stare at him confused when he finally says "He was the gay boy with us the night you yelled at me at Rumors!" Oh....The hot one! Kewl deal.
I am standing with the crew when I noticed that Josh the birthday boy was standing behind me. I walked over and said "Happy Birthday!" With a confused look on his face he says "How do I know you?" I was your bartender a couple of weeks ago...Yelled at Justin for fucking with the decorations. Texas Rumors! I remember now. I simply smile.
The girl he is with (we later find out this is his roomie Nicole) is standing there smiling at me so I thought I might of interupted. I tell him that when he is ready for a drink, its on me. "I'm good on drinks right now but what I need is your number." I was shocked. This hot ass boy is asking for MY number. I start programming it in his phone when he gets this wild idea to use the camera feature on it to take a picture with me. We take the picture and he makes it his wallpaper. Nicole is just smiling away.
We talk for a bit then he says "We are heading to Charlies...You should come with us!" I let him know that we were already planning on going and would be there shortly. I walk over to my group then Nicole and Sara (his ex roomie) both stop and make sure I am going. We jump in the car and head to Charlies.
Upon our arrivial I quickly noticed the birthday crew sitting by the stage and position myself near them. Nicole walks over and says "He is really interested in you....Really interested." He invites me to sit next to him so I do. He keeps smiling at me. God that smile could melt anything.
"Lets go talk" he says. The party moves to the patio. We all sat and talked for a while when the group all the sudden breaks into singing Rent. Very familiar with the musical (its my favorite), I join along. He holds my hand the entire time. I get up to talk to Nicole and she again informs me that he is very interested but doubts I will call him back. Are you kidding? He's hot as hell, my age, and can sing. He has won so many points already. A song comes on so me and Nicole start dancing on the patio. Sara joins in...Josh joins in. Then, TV theme songs come on and we all start singing away.
I decide its time for a bathroom break and Josh joins me. God he is adorable. We stopped on the dancefloor on the way to the bathroom and enjoyed a slow dance, the last song of the night. We finally get to the bathrooms, do our business, then leave since the club is closed. We meet his friends and Joey & Deven outside and we all decide to head to breakfast together.
During breakfast he held my hand and kept flashing that smile. We talked a bit more. We all finally finished and are saying our goodbyes when he looks at me at says "I don't want this night to be over. Nothing sexual...I just want to lay beside you and talk." His roomie is heading to Temple the next day anyway so I hand the keys over to Deven and jump in the car with Josh & his friends. We arrived at his apartment, had a smoke, then headed to bed.
We stayed up for 4 hours just talking, holding hands, kissing...I was in heaven. He kept running his fingers over my face. His beautiful piercing eyes look deep into mine. He flashes that smile and says "I just want to memorize your face...You are so beautiful" I melted right there. Finally, we crashed. We layed there for 4 hours just holding each other and sleeping. I swear it has to be the most romantic night I have ever had.
We wake up and have a smoke on the patio with his roomie. We start to say our goodbyes and yet again, the fact that I live an hour away is brought up. I told him...You are from Temple...I currently live in Killeen...You live in Austin...its only an hour. If its supposed to work, it will, with little or no effort. God I didn't want to leave. We kiss again and he tells me he wishes I could just lay next to him all day. I wish I could but I have to be home by 1:30. It was so hard to leave him.
In the car with his roomie heading to Temple I got to know a lot about her. We laughed, joked, talked, then finally the subject of Josh. Josh has been single for 3 years. Hurt many times he is scared of a relationship. Before they went out that night he sayed his birthday wish was to find someone. She looked at me and said "He got his wish!" I blushed. She again tells me how interested he is and that if it is meant to be, the distance thing will pan out. We arrive at my car and say our goodbyes. I told her that I hoped to see her soon and she said "I am pretty sure you will!"
Now, you have the entire past few days. I can now take my nap and dream about the guy I just spent an amazing 12 hours with. I never thought I would say this after only 1 day of knowing someone...But I think he may be the one. Now that I typed it, its going to fail and I will feel stupid. God I hope it works...He is everything I have always wanted and so much more....That smile! UGH!
Tommy
WEDNESDAY - Picked Deven up and headed to the club to get it ready for David's 21st Birthday. On time, Joey showed up and we headed to Killeen for the dinner. As always, we were early. We sat in the lobby of the Buffet Palace (Best buffet in Killeen...All types of Asian food, not just chinese...If you are in Killeen, you must go...Great place!) anywho.... in the lobby of Buffet Palace for about 5 minutes when David, Jon, and David's Mom & co-worker walked in. We progressed to our table and waited for the Hag herself. Sherri finally showed up and we hit the buffet line.
Dinner was great. We had quite a few laughs, talked about everything under the sun, enjoyed stories of David's childhood via his momma, and talked about David's life since being stationed at Fort Hood. Finally, his little birthday cake shows up and we sing happy birthday. We pay the bill, jump in our cars and head to the club.
Being Wednesday I had to host Karaoke. David sang 12 too many times...The boy can't sing and he knows it. Overall, it was a very fun night. We closed the bar and headed to IHOP as usual.
THURSDAY - Decided to let Deven bartend so I could pick up the office and organize some stuff. It was quite a dead night. Headed to IHOP then came home. Nothing fun to report.
FRIDAY - Uhm....worked at the bar...Quite a busy night actually...Nothing of interest to report.
SATURDAY - I woke up at 11am, created some flyers for the club, picked up Deven, went to Staples to print off the flyers, then headed to Waco for Central Texas Pride 2004.
Deven and I arrived in Waco and laughed as soon as we saw the festival. No more than 75 people, I swear. Its funny...They move the festival to Heritage Square, downtown Waco, and no one shows up. I think it was better when they had it in the park on the other side of the river. Anywho, its Waco so you can't make too much fun of it. I saw a lot of old friends so that was good. Its been 4 or 5 years since I participated in Waco Pride or had anything to do with Waco. It was nice seeing some old faces again.
The festival ended and Deven and I decided to march in the parade. It was fun...towards the end we just jumped on the back of a truck and rode it all the way to the Gay/Lesbian Community Center.
The Center used to be a nightclub called David's which I spent way too many days at during my youth. It is amazing how they transformed it. A lot of old memories came rushing back. We socialized for a while then headed back to Temple.
We got to the club around 6pm and decided to nap until we opened at 7. At 7:17 I finally woke up and we got the club ready to go. When Chris & Vanessa arrived Deven and I took off for dinner. We went to Chili's to eat and say HI to Joey but their power was out. Apparently a transformer blew and the entire block was without power in the kitchens. We had a round of drinks and Joey was told he was off for the night so the three of us headed to Las Casas to eat.
After dinner we headed back to the bar for work. It wasn't packed but it wasn't dead either. From the lack of sleep I caught my second wind and just started being crazy. The night ended so I did all my manager stuff and we headed to Jack in the Box then to Sherry's. Stayed at Sherry's for about an hour, dropped Deven off, headed home.
SUNDAY - Woke up at 10am to call Joey to wake up for work. Went back to bed. Sam called around 11:30...talked for a few minutes then went back to bed. Finally woke up for the day at 1:17. Headed to Deven's to pick him up (We spend WAY too much time together) then headed to the club to do inventory. Talked to Joey, we all decided to stay in town for the night. Dropped Deven off at his house. Joey calls and we are back to our original plan of going to Austin. Call Deven & Chris and we agree to meet at the club at 9 then head to Austin.
I get an hour nap, shower, get cute, pick up Deven, meet the boys at the club. We decide that we are going to meet at OCH so we head down to Austin.
Shortly after arriving at Oil Can Harry's Deven noticed the "asshole" from a few weeks ago. You remember him...The one I yelled at for peeling off the new decorations at the club. His name is Justin by the way. Anywho...I go over and say HI and he tells me they are there celebrating his friend Josh's 26th birthday. I stare at him confused when he finally says "He was the gay boy with us the night you yelled at me at Rumors!" Oh....The hot one! Kewl deal.
I am standing with the crew when I noticed that Josh the birthday boy was standing behind me. I walked over and said "Happy Birthday!" With a confused look on his face he says "How do I know you?" I was your bartender a couple of weeks ago...Yelled at Justin for fucking with the decorations. Texas Rumors! I remember now. I simply smile.
The girl he is with (we later find out this is his roomie Nicole) is standing there smiling at me so I thought I might of interupted. I tell him that when he is ready for a drink, its on me. "I'm good on drinks right now but what I need is your number." I was shocked. This hot ass boy is asking for MY number. I start programming it in his phone when he gets this wild idea to use the camera feature on it to take a picture with me. We take the picture and he makes it his wallpaper. Nicole is just smiling away.
We talk for a bit then he says "We are heading to Charlies...You should come with us!" I let him know that we were already planning on going and would be there shortly. I walk over to my group then Nicole and Sara (his ex roomie) both stop and make sure I am going. We jump in the car and head to Charlies.
Upon our arrivial I quickly noticed the birthday crew sitting by the stage and position myself near them. Nicole walks over and says "He is really interested in you....Really interested." He invites me to sit next to him so I do. He keeps smiling at me. God that smile could melt anything.
"Lets go talk" he says. The party moves to the patio. We all sat and talked for a while when the group all the sudden breaks into singing Rent. Very familiar with the musical (its my favorite), I join along. He holds my hand the entire time. I get up to talk to Nicole and she again informs me that he is very interested but doubts I will call him back. Are you kidding? He's hot as hell, my age, and can sing. He has won so many points already. A song comes on so me and Nicole start dancing on the patio. Sara joins in...Josh joins in. Then, TV theme songs come on and we all start singing away.
I decide its time for a bathroom break and Josh joins me. God he is adorable. We stopped on the dancefloor on the way to the bathroom and enjoyed a slow dance, the last song of the night. We finally get to the bathrooms, do our business, then leave since the club is closed. We meet his friends and Joey & Deven outside and we all decide to head to breakfast together.
During breakfast he held my hand and kept flashing that smile. We talked a bit more. We all finally finished and are saying our goodbyes when he looks at me at says "I don't want this night to be over. Nothing sexual...I just want to lay beside you and talk." His roomie is heading to Temple the next day anyway so I hand the keys over to Deven and jump in the car with Josh & his friends. We arrived at his apartment, had a smoke, then headed to bed.
We stayed up for 4 hours just talking, holding hands, kissing...I was in heaven. He kept running his fingers over my face. His beautiful piercing eyes look deep into mine. He flashes that smile and says "I just want to memorize your face...You are so beautiful" I melted right there. Finally, we crashed. We layed there for 4 hours just holding each other and sleeping. I swear it has to be the most romantic night I have ever had.
We wake up and have a smoke on the patio with his roomie. We start to say our goodbyes and yet again, the fact that I live an hour away is brought up. I told him...You are from Temple...I currently live in Killeen...You live in Austin...its only an hour. If its supposed to work, it will, with little or no effort. God I didn't want to leave. We kiss again and he tells me he wishes I could just lay next to him all day. I wish I could but I have to be home by 1:30. It was so hard to leave him.
In the car with his roomie heading to Temple I got to know a lot about her. We laughed, joked, talked, then finally the subject of Josh. Josh has been single for 3 years. Hurt many times he is scared of a relationship. Before they went out that night he sayed his birthday wish was to find someone. She looked at me and said "He got his wish!" I blushed. She again tells me how interested he is and that if it is meant to be, the distance thing will pan out. We arrive at my car and say our goodbyes. I told her that I hoped to see her soon and she said "I am pretty sure you will!"
Now, you have the entire past few days. I can now take my nap and dream about the guy I just spent an amazing 12 hours with. I never thought I would say this after only 1 day of knowing someone...But I think he may be the one. Now that I typed it, its going to fail and I will feel stupid. God I hope it works...He is everything I have always wanted and so much more....That smile! UGH!
Tommy