All people involved are over 18 years of age.
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There are times when you meet someone and you just know, instantly, that there's sexual chemistry. That something clicks, that potential exists, and you know you haven't seen the last of that person.
When I shook Travis's hand last night, I knew. He's a close friend's younger brother, and I used to crush on him back in the day. But, taking our 2 year age difference and the whole 'sister/friend' thing into consideration, it was never gonna happen in high school.
He's not as cute as he was then - he's got this whole Grizzly Adams beard thing happening - but I was still attracted, seeing him last night for the first time in a dozen years.
We shook hands at the bar, the last stop of his sister's bachelorette party. I continued carousing with the girls, but managed to give him a few looks of intent as the night went on.
That's how it starts, isn't it? The look...the eye contact...the silent acknowledgement. It's all a big dance, with each partner owning a distinct role, a distinct set of moves to execute.
He was planning on partying out of town with his friends after the bar closed, but we all agreed that his sister's apartment was a much better locale. With two cases of beer from the bar under his arm, he joined us on our party bus.
At some point, he took a seat next to me. Move executed. I took the bottle from his hand and downed a few slugs. Move made. My hand rested on his leg; when a sober friend raised her eyebrows at me, I shrugged. Alcohol can be blamed for many a thing. Soon enough, his hand rested upon my knee.