Beware Brilliant Ideas
May 19th 2006 09:57
So there we stood on the dark and seedy street, making polite small talk and wondering why everything seemed so awkward. Perhaps because we’d missed the morning-after last weekend, when Mr. X had to dash off at an insanely early hour and we were all too sleepy to feel the full weirdness of the situation. But it had come back with a vengeance. Mr. X and I chatted about his evening and the relative merits of drag queen shows while Taffy maintained an obstinate silence. Was she seething with rage? Or just cold?
We were all cold and tired, so the conversation naturally limped itself to the subject of going home. The various taxi-men lounging around and looking generally suspicious immediately perked up and started offering suggestive glances. Oh yes, fabulous. But busses wouldn’t be coming again for an awfully long time, unless…
Oh no, a terrible idea. Mr. X of course lived in Bondi and he could get home easily. Whereas Newtown was looking a lot less accessible. But if we went home with him, there would be bed… nice, convenient, warm snugly bed with no struggles against cold and painful shoes and potential rapists.
“I have a brilliant idea!” said I. “Why don’t we all go back to your place Mr. X?”
Why not indeed! What was the worst that could happen?
We were all cold and tired, so the conversation naturally limped itself to the subject of going home. The various taxi-men lounging around and looking generally suspicious immediately perked up and started offering suggestive glances. Oh yes, fabulous. But busses wouldn’t be coming again for an awfully long time, unless…
Oh no, a terrible idea. Mr. X of course lived in Bondi and he could get home easily. Whereas Newtown was looking a lot less accessible. But if we went home with him, there would be bed… nice, convenient, warm snugly bed with no struggles against cold and painful shoes and potential rapists.
“I have a brilliant idea!” said I. “Why don’t we all go back to your place Mr. X?”
Why not indeed! What was the worst that could happen?
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Comment by amy
Dammit Lia I'm on the edge of my seat again!
Seems like one of those instances where you probably should have an emergency 'no way get me outta here' codeword that you remembered!
Comment by angela
Patience is not my virture