Bro Friend: Fernando! You sit over there! — There — This is a pretty big booth! — Yes, yes, over there, right in the corner. Keep your sunglasses on.
Fernando: (moves into the corner)
Bro Friend: (Gestures for the lady to take her seat, opposite)
Wifey: (Slides in)…
Bro Friend: That’s enough!!! Don’t go to his corner!!! You stay on the OUTSIDE of the booth. On the OUTSIDE…
Wifey: (Nods and smiles)…
Bro Friend: (Slides in, opposite Wifey)… Lifts his right leg out to “kick” Fernando — Keep that distance, ah! — If you come any closer, I’ll kick you back into that corner!!!
Fernando: (Chuckles, but accepts his fate)… (Keeping the sunglasses on)…
Wifey: (Smiles at Fernando)… (Looks to the menu shyly)…
Fernando: (Staring behind the sunglasses)…
Bro Friend: Alright, what do you both want to order?!
Wifey: (Thinks to herself — See?! If it had just been me and him, he wouldn’t even remember to ask about that. He’d just be staring at me the entire time! This is why we need a chaperone to begin with…)
Umm… I’ll get a Medium Almond Milk Cappuccino… and one of the little cakes…
Bro Friend: Which cake?
Wifey: (Gets up, walks over to the cakes display and points to the one she wants)
Bro Friend: (Quickly follows her over, makes a mental note of it…)
Fernando: (Starts to get up to follow them both)
Bro Friend: You stay in that corner! Don’t move!!!
Fernando: (WTF?!) Why can’t I see what cake she wants?!
Bro Friend: You’ll see it when it arrives at the table! You don’t need to follow her around the whole coffee shop! Stay at the table!!!
Wifey: (Gets back to the booth to settle in)… (Smiles at Fernando, shaking her head a little)…
Fernando: (Blushing — lost for words, smiling back)…
(Reaches out his hand…)
Wifey: (Reaches back so he can hold her hand for a small moment)…
Bro Friend: Okay, okay, I’ve ordered for us!!! Stop holding hands! Stop it!!!
Wifey: (Lets go first)…
Fernando: (Turns to Bro Friend) — Get out.
Bro Friend: What?!?!
Fernando: I would like to be alone with her…
Bro Friend: You ASKED ME to be your CHAPERONE! We’ve just ordered food! At least wait until the food is finished!
Fernando: (Turns to look at Wifey)
Wifey: (Smiles and nods… agreeing with Bro Friend)…
Fernando: (Big sighs… accepts his fate)…
Bro Friend: (“Kicks” Fernando back to his corner!)
So ugh… let’s have some normal conversation…
Wifey: (Nods…)
Bro Friend: How have you been? What’s been happening? — He is not capable of asking you this himself, he can’t just catch up like a normal human…
Wifey: (Smiles to both of them)… I’ve been good… work and study…
Bro Friend: Uhuh, how’s that going?
Wifey: Well… sometimes work is tiring… and the study is… okay…
Fernando: (Even behind sunglasses has a really smitten look on his face)…
Wifey: How have YOU GUYS been?!!? Didn’t you just finish up a leg of your World Tour?!
Bro Friend: Ahh — it wasn’t a big deal! Just our jobs!!!
He missed you the whole time…
Wifey: (Smiles)… really?!?!
Bro Friend: Oh yes, actually we wrote more songs! (Turns to Fernando proudly) — He did write more songs… love songs… songs of longing… (Turns back to Wifey excitedly)… YOU’RE HIS MUSE!!!
Wifey: (Chuckles)… I know… I know about that…
Bro Friend: How much do you know? How much do you remember?
Wifey: (Starts to elaborate on her real memories…)
Bro Friend: (Turns to Fernando) — is this like what she’s written on the blog?
Fernando: (Some of it…)
Wifey: Are my memories real?! Did they really happen?!?!?
Fernando: (Gives some clarifications)…
Wifey: (Turns to Bro Friend) This is why we needed you here today… just someone impartial… guiding this conversation…
Fernando: What else do you remember?
Wifey: (Goes on a bit more… in between 2007 and 2018 memories…)
Fernando: What about all this other stuff you wrote on the blog?
Wifey: Those were just little fantasy scenarios?! Or a dream?! I’m not sure?!
Fernando: What was real about the Taiwanese guys?!
Wifey: (Chuckles)… (A little awkward with Bro Friend there)… well… (acknowledges some things and clarifies others…)
Bro Friend: Where is the food?! It’s taking so long?! Oh, here it is…
(Food arrives)…
Wifey: (Starts eating)… Did you date anyone in between?
Fernando: (Blushing)…
Bro Friend: I’ll have to take over from here. He’s too shy to talk about it… (Tells the REAL TRUTH about what FERNANDO’S been DOING…)
Fernando: (Reaches his hand out, while Wifey is listening)…
Wifey: (Takes his hand and holds back… still listening to Bro Friend’s elaborations…)
Bro Friend: (Notices this but allows it)… (Keeps telling Fernando’s stories…)
Fernando: (Starts shaking his head) — HE’S EXAGGERATING — it wasn’t like that! It was like this…
Bro Friend: What exaggeration!? I’m just telling her the Truth!
Fernando: No! He’s being DRAMATIC!!! It wasn’t like THAT!!!
Bro Friend: I’m telling your story the way you told me! Are you not going to let me tell your story?! Why am I here if you’re so confident to tell your own story then!!!
Fernando: (Cowers back shyly… still holding Wifey’s hand… won’t let go…)
Bro Friend: (Finally finishes the full, unfiltered story)…
Wifey: (Nods and takes some deep breaths)… (Sips on her cappuccino)…
Bro Friend: Are you okay after hearing all this?
Wifey: (Nods)… yeah… I just need some time… maybe we can meet up for lunch or dinner tomorrow? (Depending on her schedule — not out of rejection)…
Bro Friend: Which do you prefer? Lunch or dinner?
Wifey: Lunch… (but, if her schedule is not convenient, dinner)…
Bro Friend: (Turns to Fernando) Do you still want me there for that?
Fernando: (Looks at Wifey, does she want Bro Friend there for that?)
Wifey: (This final decision DEPENDS ON WHAT BRO FRIEND EXPLAINED!!!)
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SCENARIO A: Wifey still wants Bro Friend there for the 2nd catch-up lunch.
SCENARIO B: Wifey is very comfortable with what was said and is happy to have lunch without Bro Friend there…
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(Continuing on Scenario A)…
Wifey: I think it would be good… we probably need to talk a little bit more… with a middle person around… yeah…. let’s do that… lunch tomorrow…
Bro Friend: Okay, you name the place! Where do you want to go for lunch tomorrow?
Wifey: Hmmm…. Marina Mirage?
Bro Friend: Okay… (Googling)…
Wifey: We can meet in front of the MacDonald’s and then walk around to decide on a restaurant to have lunch in.
Bro Friend: Okay… let’s do that… (Turns to Fernando — you okay with that?)
Fernando: (Nods and accepts)…
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HOW MANY OF THESE BRO FRIEND AROUND US CATCH-UPS WILL WE NEED?!?!?!
It depends, my love… it really depends on how you will explain your side of the story…
I will need time to process the new information…
(Sigh)… okay…
I think it’ll be alright… I think… maybe after the 2nd lunch… there’s also a dinner… with Bro Friend around…
A dinner?
Yes — maybe x 3 of these friendly catch-ups… maybe…
Do I get to hug and kiss you at the end of them or not?!?!?!
You can definitely hug me, that’s not a problem…
You could kiss me — on the cheeks? On the forehead? I have a feeling Bro Friend is gonna be standing right there — watching us like a hawk?!
(Sighs… accepting)…
Where are we having dinner?
If it is after a work shift, then maybe an Italian restaurant near my work…
Okay…
I think… you’ll kiss me after that dinner… real kissing…
OKAYYYYYYY (BIG SMILES)…
I think that’s how we’ll ease back into it… ❤
(Smiles) — Are we “just friends” or am I paying for everything?
(LOL) — Yes, you’re paying for everything.
(BIG SMILES)
Why does that make you happy?
Because… we’re more than just friends… even with Bro Friend around…
(Chuckles) Okay, yes, we’re more than just friends… xoxoxoxoxoxxx
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THIS POST NEEDS TO BE PINNED TO THE TOP!!!
I don’t think there is this function?! Can’t you just save it yourself and print it out somewhere for your own reference?!
(Realising)… Oh. Yeah. Okay, I can save it in my tablet…
Yes, you can…
It’s like a script. I need to practice this with Bro Friend!
(LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL) — I DIDN’T INTEND IT TO BE A SCRIPT!!!
(Big Smiles!!!) But that’s what I NEEDED.
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