Because This Time It Matters
Originally posted on May 29, 2007
This story was co-written by Clara in OR, who belongs to Cassandra. No, not the other way around. Thanks for everything, Clara!
Eli: Hey... it's me. Sorry if I woke you up. Haven't been able to get to sleep.
Cassandra: You didn't wake me, Eli. I can't sleep either.
Eli: Listen……. I was doing some thinking. About tonight, and….. I was trying to look at it from your point of view. What happened earlier - in the restaurant... well if I had to watch some guy put his paws on you it wouldn't have been pretty. You had every right to get upset.
Cassandra: I'm glad that you can look at it from my perspective.
Eli: And I hope you didn't think I was encouraging her.....I don't know if that’s how it looked to you, but I wasn't. Guess I could have made it clearer that I was with you.
Cassandra: I agree - that would have been better.
Eli: So.....I'm sorry. If I could, I’d do it over again, get it right.
Cassandra: Eli…….I'm sorry too. I overreacted a bit. I know it's not your fault she showed up - and I also know you were not making a date with her.
Eli: Yeah, it really bugged me when you said that, because……..some people think I'm like that. Usually I could care less what anyone thinks and I never bother to correct their impressions, but this time..... it matters what you think..... a lot.
Cassandra: I used to think you were like that myself, Eli. In the beginning - before I got to know you. Now I know there's a lot more to you than that impression - and I thank you for sharing some of it with me.
Eli: Guess I just didn't realize how much she bothered you.
Cassandra: Oh, she didn't really bother me, Eli. Other than the fact that I had this overwhelming urge to rip out all her cheaply-dyed hair and stuff it down her smirking..... oooops. Guess she might have bothered me a little after all.
Eli: (laughing) Remind me never to cross you. You'd be a real formidable adversary, Ms. Godard.
Cassandra: Indeed I would Eli. When it mattered the most.
Eli: I want you to know.... I'd never deliberately hurt you. I guess I can be pretty thoughtless sometimes, but....
Cassandra: I know you wouldn't, Eli.
Eli: So, we're good then? See you tomorrow?
Cassandra: Yes. Eli, I.... I'll look forward to it.
