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walk on
campus.”
    “Oh man, why would you go there?
We could have grabbed a ballgame or something. Do you want a beer?”
    “No, I have a fight coming up,
man. What are you thinking? Anyway, I went because there was a girl there who I
wanted to see. I also bought us something for the apartment that is much nicer
than all the hockey posters you have hanging up here.”
    “Oh yeah, sorry. I have a while before my next
fight, so I'm cool.” I shook my head, sometimes Kyle didn’t think with both
sides of his brain.   “So yeah, cool, man.
So you did see a girl, and you really didn't have sex with her?”
    I laughed. Wow, maybe I did have
quite the reputation. I wasn't sure whether to be proud or ashamed at that
moment. Ah, well, it'll pass; I'll go with proud for now.
    “No, no sex. Like where would we
have done it? In an art tent amongst her canvases?”
    Kyle laughed, “You can have sex
anywhere, it doesn't matter. Canvas sex might be cool,
don't knock it till you've tried it.”
    “Yeah, no doubt. A little weird though, man. But
seriously, I went to see this girl, Natalie. She is in the art department at
our school.”
    “Oh yaaaaaa ,
I know her! She's kind of weird, isn't she? She's that girl who sits at the bar
and just drinks all the time. Like seriously, she will just sit there and not
talk to anyone but her friend, and get shit faced.”
    I laughed nervously, as I hadn't
realized everyone saw her in that light. No wonder no one had approached her at
the bar to pick her up. They thought her behavior was a little weird for a bar
atmosphere. Don't get me wrong, it certainly was, but I had always figured
there was a reason behind why she acted that way. I guess I didn't need to
worry about anyone stealing my thunder, after all.
    “Yup, that's the girl.”
    “Why are you interested in her?
She's a little different for you, isn't she?”
    “Meaning what? I only go after
bimbos?”
    “Well partly, but mainly ‘cause
the girl is antisocial. She doesn't dance, she doesn't socialize, she probably
won't sleep with you either,” he said and started laughing, clearly enjoying
himself.
    “No she's not. Well ... I mean,
the antisocial part, not the sex part. There is a lot more to her than that. I
think she has been through something bad recently, that's why she drinks at the
bar, and doesn't want people to bother her. But she's not doing it alone, she
always has her friend with her, so she isn't exactly antisocial.”
    “Right, but isn't the point of
going out to a bar is, to meet new people, have some drinks and go dancing?
Those two girls don't do anything. It must be boring as fuck.”
    “Well, like I said, I'm sure
there is more to that story than we realize. I've talked to her a few times,
and despite a certain amount of feistiness, she's no different socially than
anyone else I know.”
    “Well, what makes her so
different, then?”
    “How about this? For someone who isn't interested
in meeting new people, or is antisocial, I have a date with her tonight?”
    His mouth dropped open, and he
actually started focusing on me, rather than the TV. “Are you shitting me?”
    “No, for real. I asked her out at the art show,
and she said yes. Pretty easy, actually.”
    “Are you gonna bang her?”
    “I hope so. It would be ideal.”
    “She's easy ass, I bet. A girl
like that probably hasn't had it in a while. And she's drunk all the time, so
you should have an easy score, man. Nice job.”
    I laughed along with him, more so
because it couldn't be further from the truth. Easy ass? No way, it's the hardest ass I have had to chase in a long time.
    “Where are you guys going out?”
    “I’m going to her place to help
with her art project.”
    Kyle just shrugged and I decided
to leave it at that. If things went my way, then Kyle would eventually meet her
himself, and see exactly what I was talking about. I wouldn't turn down sex at
all, but it wasn't my main goal for the evening. I was just happy I finally