Saturday  July 27th 2019

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THERE WAS A LOT HAPPENING THAT EVENING AT THE HOUSE ON YUMA CIRCLE. HE WAS BUSY TRYING TO GET A KEG SET UP. SHE, PERFECTING HER CHOOSEN OUTFIT FOR THE NIGHT. SOON PEOPLE BEGAN TO ARRIVE, JUST A COUPLE AT FIRST BUT IT WASN’T LONG UNTIL THE HOUSE WAS FILLED. THERE WAS A WALDO AND A LEGOMAN, A SELENA LOOK-ALIKE AND MERMAID. BUT, IT WAS A COP AND PIRATE WENCH WHOSE LIVES WOULD SOON CHANGE FOREVER. THEY SPOKE LITTLE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT, ALTHOUGH A LEVEL OF FAMILIARITY AND COMFORT WAS BUILT. THE BASE OF WHAT WAS TO COME. IT WAS COMPLETELY UNKNOWN TO EITHER OF THEM. 
THEY RAN INTO EACH OVER THE NEXT MONTH, NOT TOO FREQUENTLY, BUT ENOUGH SO WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY AROSE TO GO OUT FOR DINNER AND DRINKS WITH FRIENDS THEY DID NOT SAY NO. 

THIS NIGHT OUT WAS A SMALLER EVENT, JUST FOUR OF THEM. IT WAS HERE THAT THEY BEGAN TO SPEAK MORE DIRECTLY WITH EACH OTHER. GETTING TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER AS THEY WALKED AROUND DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO. HE ASKED HER INNOCENTLY IF SHE’D LIKE TO GET TOGETHER THE NEXT NIGHT, SHE AGREED.

IT WAS NOW JUST THE TWO THEM. THEY HAD DINNER AND TALKED LATE INTO THE EVENING.  

THE NEXT EVENING WAS NEW YEARS EVE. HE HAD TO WORK, BARTENDING UNTIL 4 AM. SHE DID NOT HAVE ANY THOUGHT OF CATCHING UP WITH HIM UNTIL THE NEW YEAR. IT WAS MIDNIGHT, SHE WAS CELEBRATING THE START OF THE NEW YEAR WITH HER FAMILY, AS SHE ALWAYS DID, WITH CHEERS, HUGS AND WISHES OF A HAPPY NEW YEAR WHEN HER PHONE SUDDENLY RANG. 

“I JUST WANTED TO CALL AND SAY HAPPY NEW YEARS!”
“AREN’T YOU AT WORK?”
“YEAH, BUT I STILL JUST WANTED TO CALL REAL QUICK AND SAY HAPPY NEW YEARS.”

IT WAS THAT CALL THAT CHANGED THEIR DIRECTION FROM HANGING OUT AND SPENDING TIME TOGETHER, TO A RELATIONSHIP. 

HE HAD NEVER KNOWN SOMEONE AS THOUGHTFUL AND CARING AS SHE NATURALLY WAS. SHE HAD NEVER MET ANYONE QUITE LIKE HIM BEFORE. SHE COULD NOT PLACE HER FINGER ON WHAT IT EXACTLY WAS BUT HE MEZMORIED HER.