A few months ago, I went to a concert at a large amphitheater. My favorite band, whom I've seen play live two-dozen times, was performing. I was there by myself because a friend had canceled at the last minute. Kind of a sad sight - a 45-year-old single man, prematurely bald on top (but still in decent shape from running and working out) shaking his ass off and singing almost every lyric to every song.
I had an aisle seat for the show, with an open seat beside me, so I had plenty of room to flash my "moves". I was a sweaty, refusing-to-grow-up mess, but I had a total blast. Thankfully, everyone in the place was standing, or I would have had to deal with repeated yells of "Down in front!" Who goes to a concert and sits the whole time, anyway?
A few songs in, I made eye contact with a woman across the aisle. She was a few seats in from the end in the row ahead of mine. She appeared to be in her early 20s, with long brown hair and gorgeous eyes. She had on a low-cut tank top and very short denim shorts. Her breasts and long legs were definitely emphasized by her outfit. She was dancing a little bit and singing a lot, but her "date" appeared to be a stick figure - hands in pockets the whole time, with nothing more than a head bob to just the radio hits of the band. I assumed he was her boyfriend. They looked kind of young to be married.
She looked back at me quite often, and I made sure to return the gaze as often as I could. A few times, I sang the lyrics directly at her, finger pointing and all. She smiled and laughed, and a couple of times her boyfriend looked at me and laughed, too. He was laughing AT me, not WITH me. Oh well, I didn't care.
As the extended intro to my favorite song started up, I pumped both arms into the air and let out a yell. This woman handed her phone to her boyfriend and shimmied over to me. She yelled in my ear "I love this song!" and started singing and jumping around with me. Her boyfriend appeared to take a video of us as we completely let ourselves go and acted silly throughout the song.
At times, it was hard to concentrate on the song, as I was distracted by her beautiful bouncing breasts, her long, muscular legs, and her nicely rounded butt. And those eyes. Those sexy, steamy blue eyes. I made sure to lightly touch her as much as possible throughout the song - nothing too creepy, though.
At the end of the song, the woman said, "Hi, I'm Jenny!" I replied, "Thanks for the energy, Jenny, I'm Edward." She asked me if I had a phone for a selfie. I unlocked the screen, handed it to her, and she leaned in close to take a selfie with me - with the band in the background. She then tapped a few things on my phone and said, "Thanks. I just sent it to mine."
Just like that, she was back by her seat, and I was dancing and singing alone the rest of the show. Jenny waved to me as she and her boyfriend made a quick exit during the last song of the night.
When I got home, I looked closer at the selfie. It came out great. She had a beautiful smile; I was a sweaty mess; and you could see a couple of the band members in the background. I realized I now had her number in my phone, so I sent her a message that said, "Thanks again for the dance, Jenny. Great picture, too! Hope you enjoyed the rest of the show. -Edward"
My phone buzzed. "OMG I was just watching the video!! It's insane! I'll send it, Jennie"
I noticed that she spelled her name with an "ie" instead of a "y". I sent her a text that said, "Sorry I spelled your name wrong. Do you dot the i's with hearts?"
Immediately, a text came back, "LOL not since middle school!"
A few minutes later, my phone buzzed again with the video. I watched it three times in a row, each time focusing more and more on just her.
I texted back "Thank you for sending it! How come you look so beautiful and natural while you are dancing around, and I look like the scarecrow in the Wizard of Oz?" She sent back the "crying with laughter" emoji.
That led to 2 more hours of texting between us. Lots of joking, a little flirting, a long discussion about our favorite band - even a few probing questions. Finally, I told her that this old guy needed to get to bed and I walked away from my phone.
The next night, she texted a question about the band. Again, this started a conversation that lasted another 90 minutes. I'm well aware that people her age can carry on simultaneous text conversations with many different people. In my world, though, she was the only one I was talking to each night.
By now, I had found out quite a bit about Jennie. She is indeed 20 years old. She's a college student, sharing an apartment with a female roommate just off campus. She's working as a retail clerk this summer to earn money for fall semester.
Jennie has 2 older siblings. She was born in a different state, and her parents moved to this state about 7 years ago. Oh - and her parents are my age. That was a shot to the gut. The silver lining there is that they are the ones who hooked her on this band.
Jennie and I have a lot of the same tastes in music, thanks to her parents. She loves specialty coffees. She enjoys hiking and biking. She has accounts on 6 or 7 different social media sites that she checks hourly.
Her boyfriend is also attending the same college. He has an accounting internship this summer nearby. They've been dating for about six months. He's always that stiff in public. Never really lets loose. I got her to divulge that he also never really lets loose in the bedroom, either.
Their relationship seems "comfortable" and "stable". Nothing wrong with that (even better if they were an old married couple). I got the feeling that she would prefer things a little more "on the edge" at times. Heck, she's 20.
She learned that I married young and it was a train wreck. I also divorced young. Thankfully, no kids to screw up. I'm a real estate agent. I love craft beer. I stay away from serious relationships. I'm on Facebook and Twitter - mainly for my business. I meet my 67-year-old mom for coffee 2-3 times per week.
And she found out that I think her eyes are mesmerizing and beautiful. Did I lay that last part on a little too thick? Hey - it got her to send me a couple of her favorite photos of just her smiling face, showcasing those deep blue eyes.