The microwave chimed, signaling that my dinner was now ready for me to eat. I sat immobile in my easy chair, a cold bottle of beer hanging by its long neck from my fingers. I did not make any move to retrieve my dinner, I'm certain my body was hungry but I just had no will to eat.
It had been 5 days since my night out with Nina and I was running the whole experience through my mind. The thought of her not calling me, not even acknowledging me, made most daily functions trivial. It was no surprise that I was seriously taken with this woman. I lifted the beer to my lips and took a long pull. Even alcohol did nothing to sooth my feelings.
She's not calling, I told myself. Give it up, just let it go. You read the signals wrong. Just because she kissed you long and passionately don't mean that she's infatuated with you. It was just a kiss. Then why do I feel like crap?
My doorbell rang. I sat there for ten seconds, still not moving, seriously contemplating not even answering the door. Then there was a knock. What if it's her? I set the beer on the end table and bolted from my chair, straightening my hair. I reached the front door, took a couple of deep breaths and pulled the door open. "Oh, it's just you." My tone and look of disappointment were very evident.
"Thanks Dan, I really appreciate the fact you are glad to see me."
It was Angelina, Nina's best friend. As I just stood there with the door open she took it upon herself to come in. As she passed I caught a whiff of her perfume, the same brand Nina wore. My stomach fluttered. You are one whipped dude, I told myself, following Angelina into the kitchen where she retrieved a beer for herself. She held it out, and being the gentleman I am, I opened it for her, and handed it back to her.
"So to what do I owe the pleasure of your visit Ang?"
She took a sip of beer and leaned against the counter. "What do you think Dan?"
I stood there, unable to meet her gaze.
"I take your non-answer as evidence that you have a problem." Ang said with a smile.
"I do not have a problem." I retorted.
She took another sip of beer, "Yes you do. You are so hung on her but she hasn't called you in like three days and it's killing you."
"Five days," I replied with a mumble.
Angelina laughed. "Listen, Nina hasn't divulged to me exactly what happened between you too and, to be honest hasn't talked about you at all to me. I came over because Shane said you were acting all down. I figured maybe you and I could talk and I could then see what's up with Nina."
Shane was one of my best friends and currently dating Angelina. He had come over to borrow a couple of tools so he could finish working on his car and he had tried to talk to me about Nina. I had given him the cold shoulder, not wanting to discuss the open wound. It was now obvious that he, being a good friend, decided to have Angelina intervene.
"So what did happen the other night?" Ang asked.
I took a deep breath and sighed, staring at Angelina leaning against my counter. Angelina wore her long blonde hair in the most current style, it framing her very cute face nicely. She had distinct Italian features, with sharp twinkling hazel green eyes. Her body was like Nina's, petite, compact and with all the right curves. Ang's breasts were larger, closer to a C cup than Nina's and were on display in the rather tight top Ang was wearing at the moment. Angelina's cute firm legs were on display below a short skirt.
Having finished my quick visual inspection of Angelina a new pang of loss washed over me. She was so similar to Nina it made me realize what I was missing. "Nothing much happened, we just went out. That's pretty much it."
"So you're telling me you are all tied up on her over a simple date?" Ang queried me, her eyebrows rising. "C'mon Dan, you and I both know something more happened."
I took another deep breath, "We, uhm, kinda, uhm, you know, made out for awhile."
Ang smiled. "Just made out? What, a little kiss?"
"No," I replied, "it was much more than that."
"Well there's a difference between just a kiss, and much more than that. I'm going to need some more of an example." Angelina set her beer on the counter and took a step towards me. "Kiss me like you did Nina the other night."
I stared at her wide eyed. "C'mon Ang, I can't kiss you. You're dating one of my friends."
Angelina was now standing right in front of me. "It's not like it's anything more than collecting data, an experiment right?"