EPTAfter the glorious meal at noodles i now found myself prepared to take an even bolder step towards my eventual goal of really getting to know ginger. I didn't want to rush things, or try and get anywhere to fast, so over that weekend i just took it really easy. I still flirted with her at work, and by around sunday i knew that i had something good going on with ginger. It seemed that every time we were talking or walking together, she had a constant smile on her face. I couldn't get enough of her. She was just simply intoxicating to me.
You know i think that it's funny when i am being told what video games i have to play, and what movies that i have to watch with her. It's just really really funny- dealing with an undercover nerd. Because unlike a full fledged nerd- ginger is not socially awkward, she knows how to carry on a conversation, and generally understand how to live life and put up with people that are not children at heart. So after a few days i began thinking about what our next outing would be or should be. I didn't want to go too big, and use the D word (date) because that can scare off some girls, and i certainly didn't want to do that with this one.
So i thought that i should throw a party at my place. I invited tones of people (to not make it awkward) and of course invited ginger along as well. I asked her once again if she would grace me with her presence and once again (and this really is the truly incredible part) she said YES!!!!
My parents were away for that week, and i was planning on having a really nice and relaxing camp fire. Sit back and have a few drinks, make smores and all of that. i figured that all would go very well. I set the party to happen in three days, and figured that nothing would come up and everything would be cool. But of course my luck suddenly ran out.
My boss (who i am very good friends with) lost his mother to cancer, and was holding the funeral the day of the party. Coupled with that, another long time friend was holding his college graduation party (and i didn't want to miss this) on the same night. I had to find a away to do all three things, and yet still make it for the party.
Now if you think this is crazy- you have not seen nothing yet.
Because my boss is fairly well known, many of the staff that work at the pool were also attending my little get together. They all just told me that they were going to the funeral and were simply going to drive to my place afterward. (no problem i thought- plenty of time for me)But then the inevitable bomb shell.
Ginger walks up to me the day of the party and tells me that she lives 25 min away from our city. So she asks me if she could just follow me to my house and come early. Now i didn't see any problem in this except for the fact that i was going to a funeral and then to a grad party. Guess i was just going to have to wing it and take her along for the ride.
So dressing in my funeral attire (all black with pin striped pants and an ice blu tie) i proceed to drive to the funeral as soon as the pool closes down. Many of my closest colleagues do the following and soon we have a small convoy of people going to pay their respects with me and ginger taking up the rear. We all arrived just in time for the ceremony, and being the gentleman that i try so hard to emulate- i hold doors for everyone, take coats and upon entering the crowded chapel- helped to guide ginger through the throng of people. I placed my hand on the lower part of her back, and proceeded to lead.
I am not going to go into detail about the funereal due to respect for my bosses family.
After the funeral i quickly grabbed ginger and off we went to our next port of call- the grad party. Now i hope that you all can understand that i am going to be walking into this party with a really nice pair of cloths on. So i stick out. couple that with the fact taht i know almost every person there, and i am a very social person- and i can only assume that i looked like some grade A personality or something. Tones of jokes, lots of smiles, a little food, good friends and good conversation. I introduced ginger to everyone and she simply took it all in stride.
It wasn't even a big deal to her, even though she didn't know a single person at the entire party. At that point she had never looked more attractive to me. After about 45 min i decided that enough was enough and finally got around to bringing ginger back to my house. Because we still had about 90 min to spare before the guests arrived, i kept her idle with easy conversation, played with my dog, and of course had to go and have some fun on the trampoline.
Ginger and I covered quite alot of material. I really learned a bit more about her, and basically i can simply sum up her personality like this:
- Under Cover Nerd
- A 10 year old at heart
- Good for Goodness Sake
- Witty & Fun
The party went as well as i could have hoped. Me and ginger spent the entire time talking to each other, i was a bit rude to some of my house guests for neglecting them, but i think that most of them understood what i was trying to accomplish with the party.
After the party was winding down, ginger was the last one out the door. She stopped and looked at me- and said that she had a really good time with me today and wanted to hang out again soon. She gave me a really tight hug and then walked out the door. While she was walking away (and because i know new that she lived slightly off the beaten trail) i told her to txt me when she got home, so i knew that she was still alive hehe.
her text: Hey i made it back ok.
me: glad to hear it beautiful. Have sweet dreams
her: same to you handsome
<3 that girl
So after the party i was finally think about how i could take this little thing to the next level. that's right- i was thinking about the D word. The big date!!! So i talked it over with her and decided to pull out all of the stops. I told her that i was going to pick her up on saturday. for and M&M date. Of course she had to ask me what that was- so i told her. Mini Golf and a Movie. However there was a slight twist. That was only half of this 13 hour bonanza that i had planned for my red headed beauty. However i didn't tell her. I simply said- dress for the beach.
So by now i figured that with only one week away from our big official date- that i should take it easy and not push anything with ginger. But once again luck somehow pushed this totally out of the window. The staff decided that on thursday the pool will have a mini golf night. So with a devious look on my face, i decided to drag ginger along with me for a 'practice' night.
I was worried that this might be too much to fast. You can only handle so much Ben in one sitting before i become annoying and rather crude. To be honest i am not sure why i was trying to push my luck with this angel. But i shouldn't have worried. Because once again ginger was nothing but diamonds the entire night. Ginger and I both golfed terribly, but i could have cared less about the score. Me and her were golfing alone, and away from the throng of pool employees. The flirting was fast fierce, and the conversation seemed to fly from the both of us, mini golf is magical.
After a round of golf- everyone was getting ready to go for ice cream.... I really wanted to go along as well, however ginger really didn't want to join in. She told me that she just really wanted to go home, and watch a movie by herself or something. And then i did something that was truly and utterly insane. I asked her to come back to my place instead.
"What is the point of driving that far to your place to watch a movie when you have me?" Come on- i will even cook for you."
She looked me straight in the eye after that line. My heart stopped and suddenly we were not just standing in a parking lot, with the loud voices of my friends and co workers behind us. Everything stopped. Then she opened up her lips and told me "I was hoping that you would say that."
How did i get so lucky? God knows that she deserves the world- or at the very least a better man than me... But there she was anyway, with me.
More to come. Im going to sleep.
Thankfully luck was again on my side, when the pool staff were having a staff outing
I don't really like redheads as much, but I like your story. Congratulations 
