I used to run a social group for professionals in San Francisco. A few days before our last event, a new member, Lucille, emailed me and said she wanted to come to the Happy Hour but was shy in big groups (our group usually attracts 70 or so people ). No problem, I emailed her back, come find me or one of the other organizers and I'll introduce you to a few people.
The night of the Happy Hour, she shows up and I realize I'm fucked. She's Vietnamese, cute, petite, dresses well - I'm instantly attracted to her. But I was on this 'no-shorties' kick so I introduce her to one of the other organizers and leave her there - it's the best way to stay out of trouble. Afterwards I feel a little guilty and email her a few days later, something to the tune of: sorry, I didn't get a chance to talk to you more. Hope you had a good time. Blah blah blah. She emails me back, says thanks, and tells me she'll probably see me again.
About a week later, she finds me on LinkedIn and emails me. We start a dialogue. I find out that she's smart and kind of funny in addition to being short - ha! She finds out that I also do therapeutic massage, which is important because she hurt her knee. We decide to meet up and have dinner together. I'm actually not investing a hell of a lot of time or effort into this. I like emailing different people, especially new people, simply I like the shotgun approach.
After a entire day of laboring in the sweltering sun for a street festival, I arrive at her apartment wearing a pair of shorts and a sleeveless T-shirt (no I didn't take a shower in between). She meets me downstairs in the lobby and going up the stairs I realize she's got a great ass. We hang out in her apartment for a while and chat about various topics, all the while I'm checking her out - she's short but well proportioned. She's got tits in addition to the great ass. But the conversation turns darker when she reveals that she hurt her knee in jiu-jitsu class, after her ex-boyfriend, now her stalker, showed up. He's become quite a nuisance, so much that she's had to file two police reports and slips a piece of plastic in her doorway when she leaves so she knows when someone's been in the apartment. I sense there's something else she's not telling me but I pray it's not true and don't press. later, we both get hungry and decide to have dinner in the hood. The conversation goes well and I find myself not even wanting to look at the other women in the restaurant. Although dinner itself is poor, I make her laugh and inquire about her knee. She tells me that her knee is okay but her neck is sore. We had planned for me to do acupuncture on her knee but II said I'd take a look at her neck when we finished dinner.