Mall Date with Long Hair

I feel bad about making Long Hair drive up to visit me all the time, so I met her at a shopping mall in her town on Sunday. She was wearing flip-flops, a skirt and a pink blouse.

We both had a really good time. We started by walking around the mall and she showed me all the stores. We went into a clothing store so I could get some warm-weather clothes for my move to Arizona. She helped me pick out some clothes with her sharp feminine eye. We both have a similar taste in fashion.

This week I've been practicing blurting and bantering with people everywhere I go. I had a good blurt with one of the checkout girls at the department store. I was buying a Jack the Ripper T-shirt with fake blood splatters on it.

Me: Hi. How are you doing?
Cashier: Pretty good.
Me: This shirt has blood on it. Do I get a discount?
Cashier: (rolls her eyes and smiles) Maybe if it was real blood.

That was fun! After that, Long Hair and I had lunch in the mall then we looked at a few more stores, got our picture taken at one of those photo booth things, and got ice cream. We had a really good time and had some good conversations. I did a little flirting too. Even though we've already had sex, there was still some anxiety about verbalizing sexual interest. I did a good job taking the lead through the date. I always had my doubts about "mall dates" but now I know that they can be pretty damn fun!

I like hanging out with her. She's really easy to talk to. I don't have to memorize topics to talk about with her before our dates in case the conversation dies out. I just have to show up and open my mouth. Somehow I seem to just say the right things and the conversation keeps flowing naturally. She's pretty good at bantering herself.

I'll miss her when I'm gone.