All through High School I've had a close friendship with a girl named Gia. I was (and still am) firmly in the friend zone with her, but definitely not in a negative way. She used to date another close friend of mine. That's how I met her. Then when they broke up, we got closer. I'd be lying if I said that I wasn't attracted to her at all. She was most certainly my type on paper. She's short, below 5 feet I believe, she's blonde, perky boobs and a nice ass. On paper she's my type to a T. Then again, I guess because she used to date a good friend of mine, I got used to never looking at her that way.
After high-school, her ex moved away to a different city for uni while Gia and I stayed at the local uni. Pretty soon she got a new SO, but we stayed close even if we ended up moving in different kind of groups.
A few months into uni, one weekend I went out to a bar with some friends. To my surprise, Gia was at the same bar that day as well. It was surprising because she wasn't a big drinker. Her size didn't help for sure. She was there with her bf and some friends whom I didn't know too well. A few hours of not too intense drinking later (I'm broke and in college), I see Gia's bf go across the street to throw up in a bush. He is totally wasted, not the aggressive drunk but totally incoherent. Thankfully they had a designated driver who apparently drove him back to his place.
Around this time, I had to leave as well. I had to go to work the next morning and it was past 1 AM at that point. After leaving my friends, I went to say goodbye to Gia too.
"Hey, I gotta leave. See you later!" "God, I should be leaving too. Wait a sec."
She said her goodbyes and we walked away together. She wasn't drunk, but she was definitely tipsy. Still coherent but loose lipped for sure.
"You had fun?" - I asked "Up until Alex got wasted" "Yeah I saw him throw up. Why didn't you go with him?" "I just wasn't in the mood of taking care of ger today." "Fair enough."
We reached the intersection where we had to go different ways.
"So, I guess it's goodbye then" "Yeah... Could you please walk me home? I don't want to go alone..."
She didn't live far, but this place of town wasn't the greatest, plus it had basically zero public lighting. I could understand why a tiny girl like her wouldn't want to go alone. Especially after a few drinks.
"Sure, of course." "Thank you so much."
We walked in silence for a bit. We were close enough that these silences weren't the awkward types.
"Hey Gia. Could you set up with any of your friends?" "What?!" "I'm serious." "No sorry" - she chuckled a little as she said it "You sure? I heard Veronica's single now" "I don't know. She didn't say anything."
Now this silence was a bit awkward.
"You aren't doing well with girls, are you?" "When was I good with girls?" - I chuckled "You aren't bad." "I wish"