I came directly after work. Its was really crowded and a bit of hassle to reach to the point where I can find a parking in Hoboken. For those of you, who know New Jersey, should know Hoboken is like super crowded and hep place to be. Occasionally to see and sit with the sea, I would go to Hoboken and also to bathe myself in the whole feeling of the place, but that evening was not about that. It was about this guy called my "to be boyfriend"!
I was excited because he is the first guy I was going to meet in a romantic manner in like ever. You are right, at 26, isn't it too late? I think it's alright. Everyone has their own way and their own process. Some people take cabs, flights and some people just bike their way, up the hill.
So, after I found parking, I went to Panera bread. Yeah Yeah I know, seriously.? I did. We did. We decided through texting that we should meet up at a public place and see how it goes. So the one PB I went to is like on 3rd street, on washington ave. I was nervous. Even though I was talking to him on phone, figuring out where the 3rd street was and so on. But I can rescind that I was nervous. A lot. I haven't been with a guy ever. I never kissed a guy. I didn't know what he would expect and so on. But I still had faith. Faith that it's going to be alright with this meeting.
So, finally the moment came. I sent a brief text " Hey! guess what, I am here finally. " He sent back "Wait, I will come get you". And by the time I walked by PB door, he was already towards near the door. He came and hugged me and of course, small talk.
I did like him. There was a chemistry.
We went to the booth first. Now, when I think in hindsight, it appears so naive, because we should have ordered our food first. Lmao. We came back after 10 minutes of talking to each other and got our foods. I am vegetarian ( that includes no egg) and he is not ( ha ha). We got our orders done and went to the booth again. We had left our stuff at the booth earlier. He was carrying a bag pack. I had just my shades! :)
We sat there for an hour and talked to each other about things like friends, tv shows, food, languages I spoke, what I watched on ABC, what we do for monies and how were our previous relationships. For him, it was and has been "all guys". For me, it was and has been "all girls". He slept with people. I slept with people. But his "people" were different than mine.
And then the time came. As we were rapping up our food trays and I was thinking of a nice catchy "Nice meeting you" slang, he said " do you have time today?" He looked at me. I brought my eyes to his, and said " Yes, what for?"
He smiled. I smiled.
He said " Stupid not that! I was wondering we can go to the water front and talk more. What do you think?" I said "Sure. I am game"
We walked like happy people talking to each other towards the waterfront and it came very quickly to my surprise. A new facility based on the reclaimed land has been built recently and its kinda neat to be there in that. We walked upto that and sat on the grass.
He opened his backpack and showed me his new book, that he is reading. It was in Spanish. Even though he is white and from the central, he grew up with Spanish friends. He knows that language pretty much. Hell if someone can watch a sitcom in that language, then you know that language. Right?
We talked more until it was dark. We changed places twice. We walked around again and we walked more. Then something expected but untimely happened.
I saw hoards of desi people around. My first time with a guy. We were not kissing or anything, but it was kinda scary. Really scary. I said to myself "Get over it or you are done with this guy? What do you want? " I guess I gave in and I was okay again the next second.
As it grew darker, we kept on talking and suddenly it was dark. We went and lay down on the grass around the boardwalk. He has interests in airplanes and jets. Since Hoboken is closer to newark, jfk and laguardia airports, we saw multiple planes at once. Imagine multiple lights on a clear sky night, that's what I am talking about. He kept on taking guesses what the flight was, and what airplane was and how big it was and so on. I kept on guessing on my chances on being seen with a guy.
Then something happened. He came near me and said " So, have you ever kissed a guy?" I smiled and said " yes. Only in my dreams" We both laughed and laughed. After a few seconds, he came closer and he kissed me. First ever kiss by a guy. First. The very first.
It was a good 10 seconds kiss. Long, passionate and excited kiss. He is a sloppy kisser, but in a good way. I was nervous because it was first kiss with a guy. I had to be nervous. Even though he told me I was a good kisser, I was still reluctant to kiss again. Just weird. Plain old simple.
After a while, it was getting late. It was like 9:30 already and we both were working the next day. He works in the city. I asked if I could drop him. He smiled and said " I thought you would never ask!"
I dropped him back to his place. Yes I did go upstairs to his place. And we kissed again and I went back home. Nothing happened in case you were wondering! :) Tex-ting and talking to each other on the phone, just telling each other how much nice time we both had with each other !
Oh by the way, the title will the same for another post, when I really write what goes in my head and in my relationship with him these days.
