The Luke and Mara problem

jenat-lai · Post by **jenat-lai** » 2003-04-07 06:51am

Hi... I wrote this at another board, but I'm editing it to fit here with a little annonymity... anyway, you know how Luke and Mara hated each other in the EU? but then ended up marrying bla bla bla... well heh, I'm getting a bit of a similar event happening latley myself.

At 12:02am that morning I'd recieved an SMS from a girl I knew. "<Jenat> Your welcome to our Auction of home Saturday. <number> <name> street <suburb>. at 1pm and then a Pary at 3!" I'd met her a year earlier, in the SYO orchestra. She's a Cello player, and she often sends me SMS's, and often at rediculous times like midnight. My friend and myself used to dislike her a fair bit. It's hard to discribe why now, but at the time we felt she was a little odd, very strange girl. Attractive for sure, physically, but the way she talked was very strange. She would manage to bluff her way into looking like she was carrying on a normal conversation... for about 30 seconds, then after a whyle, it would dawn on you that you didn't have a clue what she was talking about. She'd scat between subject to subject without anyone really being able to follow. It was like she'd be in her own world. It'd generally not permiate her written expression such as email or SMS, but occasionally it did, with one example being an SMS - which was not a reply - saying "Hello Trent. Where You Are? Love <her name>" out of the blue... I didn't know what that was a question to... I just told her I was at home. there was no more follow up that day from her... Anyway...

I went to this place after debating it for a whyle. That day I had been to the Airport for flight training as I usually do on weekends, and I also went to a friends place... 2:00pm came and I decided to go. Now This girl is quite a compassionate young lady, probably the only person I know who will hold my hand/touch me alot/drag me around by the arm to show me things she likes/put her arm in my arm and walk around beaming like she has not a care in the world. Now you have to know, that i have endured this treatment in the past, and are usually uncomfortable about it, probably because my last girl was still affectionate toward me at that stage... http://bbs.stardestroyer.net/viewtopic. ... 038#407038 who, incidently, shares the same first name.

I make time and arrive at the house at around 2:40... have to park a fair way away due to lots of people looking at this house, arrive on the grounds in person at 2:45pm.

The house is simply huge. The grounds are huge, everything about this house cries "Very Very Expensive". The lawn is exquisite... all 60 by 80 metres of it. The driveway with 2 cars... a Citroen and a BMW, in it... the Fountain, the size of the house. Here is the house in question, though this website has a habit of going down alot unfortunatley

I don't see the girl, though I see an older woman who looks just like her. I assume mother (turns out to be older, now married, sister)
So I wait as the auction goes through... Bidding starts at $3 million. They eventually don't meet the reserve price, so no sale... oh well... The crowd disperses a bit. and now I see her, just coming outside. Wearing a red jacket over a white top, and a black skirt on. Yah, see sees me and goes from looking a little buisy and 'servant'ish to being visibly both happy, slightly embarresed, shy, but happy to see me. She waves and I give her a sort of half wave, half salute and a sort of inquisitave smile. so she dissapeares for about 20 seconds inside, and then re-emerges without her red jumper on. Some other unknown talks about the house, and Claire talks about it a bit, and how she used to live here for a whyle, and that it's very nice etc (and managing to not sound like a complete idiot, which she is prone to do when she opens her mouth to adults... though she does tangent alot (talk about something very remotley linked to the question asked, and then very remotley linked to the very remote link)... and I'm just there behind Claire, just enjoying seeing a new facet of her life I didn't know about... and of course noticing that she's rather good looking lol.

Anyway this person goes away, and I'm left with this girl all to myself, (yay). Anyway, after being positavley killed with kindness (do you want anything, a drink - yeh, had 8 drinks - some food? (hot cross buns, homemade bread, biscuits, scones,) yeah had all of that... aah!) was shown around her house a bit... she took me to her room where she went and blabbled on as usuall, talked about Jewelry, Playing soccer on that large lawn, and all sorts. Talked about how many windows a room had, Orchestra. Saw a nice portrait of herself, and all the other siblings. Saw her Cello, yeah, and finally settled down... I was being very restrained and polite. Since the problems with the last girl (my Catestrophic loss of Girl Mayday Mayday mayday thread) I'v been on a roller coaster of feeling - numb - to going close to medical shock (actually going into medical shock once, and very close a second time... Thank you <previous Ex girlfriend, still friend> for pulling me out of that one in the nick of time <she gave me some basic meditation hints over the phone, got me calmed down>) - to being depressed... and all over again. I'm looking at Claire in her white top, and I can't get out of my head, that this girl, although strange, is really really trying to be very very nice, and shes beautifull too. I meet her family, 2 Older Sisters, one younger brother, one Grandma, one Uncle, one Mother and Father. The mother is fairly nice to me also, has a disconcerting habit of laughing at everything with this raucous, almost overstated, laugh. The Father talks buisiness and money and "game" and rennovations and real estate to everyone, interested or not. The Married and left home sister (closest looking to Claire of all) is quite intelligent, almost emotionless and very buisinesslike lady, of almost regal presence, not a feather out of place, always standing slightly to one side, and her next older sister, who's never impressed with Claire's antics, has that sort of, "Oh, my sister... *yawn* eww, go away" type of look, Which, I might add, Claire sort of plays with whyle there and sais something about "Playing a game" and "going out side" and the word "soccer" again... Older sister just sits there not impressed. I find that funny.
Me and Claire talk about music. I find it always becomes a one way conversation, she sais things which I don't get, so I just continue... this is the main problem between us at the moment... actually by the look of how the family works, it's how this girl is... like they tell her to do stuff, ie tidy up, and when she says something which would turn it into some sort of game mentality, they either ignore her, or look at her in that "yes dear" look and don't say anything.
Her mother asks her to help tidy up the foodstuffs and she goes off to 'help' her mother... her mother comes back after 2 minutes and Mr, Mrs and the oldest sister and an accountant, and me, talk about the events (as in the Auction) of the day and what theyre going to do. The Father asks a 'round the table vote' even including myself, on the situation. Girl of interest is still heard cleaning up in the kitchen.
The father then talks about some 'family games night of murder in the dark' and there's much laughter exchanged between the Husband and Wife. I'm thinking an inside joke, but also note that Claire has said in the past about having family games like that... so I guess it's something they do a bit.

Girl of interest finally comes back, and conversation meanders back into the slightly odd... indeed the topic becomes very hard to follow, goes from what James wants for dinner, what I do in life, what the oldest sibling should put down for a floor in her new kitchen, and various other things... it becomes dark outside, and Grandma has to leave... so there is a positavley procession, of the Grandma to her Cirtoen. Girl Of Interest sais something about staying with Grandma, and after grandma is in the car, and driver is ready, Mr and Mrs of the family link their arms together and wave to Grandma leaving in an almost regal procession... GOI (girl of interest) links arms with me... I'm surprised, but happy at it... she then brings me back inside like that... We return again to mull over conversation in the foyer for a bit, and eventually the accountant decides he should leave... So should I really... so Oldest sister escorts (no physical contact) the Accountant to his car at the end of the driveway. My car is however up around the corner, a good 3 minute walk. so GOI takes my hand, and we walk down the road together, There is hinted conversation by me saying I like holding her hand... and she sais I'm a good friend, and then, like an afterthought, sais "oh, is that a hint?" "If you want it to be" is my answer. Holding of hand slips into partial hold, her arm around my waist, I reciprocate and hold her around her waist also. We come to my car, and we talk about something or other, she sais she likes "recieving my Happy Cheerfull SMS's" and to keep in touch... next thing I know I'v got both her arms wrapped about me and she's giving me a hug.

Now there's something I want you all to understand. Getting a Hug from someone is, to me, a rare event... Getting a hug from someone I'v been slowly falling in love with for the last 4 hours, after having a painfull rejection from someone, after not having a hug for MONTHS... well it's like a sponge, I lap it up... I simply don't want to let go. I comment to her "It's been a whyle since Iv had a hug" as I feel her suddenly sort of pull away, she hesitates, and then re-grasps into the hug for a few seconds, I would have been comfortable to let the hug go for hours, but sense she isn't so I release, and say "thank you so much <her name>" she smiles and sais "Be carefull. Bie!" and in a rush of exuberance goes I'm not kidding, SKIPPING down the road. I just feel like I'm going to burst, I get in the car and I just HAVE to ring someone right away. I ring my best mate whos currently living in another state doing university, but his mobile is off.. I leave a message saying "Matt I gotta tell you about some crazy stuff happening here in Sydney regarding a Party, 3.7 Million dollars, and Tooth (the name we used to call her), Ring my mobile ASAP"
Not satisfied, I ring my former Ex (the one that gave me the meditation hints) I say to her <Paraphrased>"Remember that wierd girl I know? COB, Tooth? <Another nickname I use just between Elli and me> YEah, well she invited me to her house, which they auctioned for something like 4 million dollars, and she gave me a hug and been holding my hand and everything and I'm feeling really happy and its amazing" something like that (I was on such a high, i really forget what I was saying)...

In my absolutley elated mood, I drove to my friend Dans house again, and spent some time there, then went to the movies, (saw the new Jet Li movie) and then on the way home from there, I got a speeding ticket for nearly $500 and a drivers liscence suspention for 3 months. So I'm both sad and happy, and I'm confused, and angry at myself for being so stupid to drive 90 in a 60 zone, and at the cops for being there to see it. but I'm also in a spin cos I don't know what to think... a few months ago, I hated this girl cos she was annoying, now I absolutley love her and can't get enough of her. I want to take her to places, I love her exuberence, and how she is, I just want to get to know her more, and put my arms around her and tell her she's beautifull.

Dargos · Post by **Dargos** » 2003-04-07 07:30am

um.......What?

XaLEv · Post by **XaLEv** » 2003-04-07 07:32am

Good for you, man.

Weird chicks are the best.

Boba Fett · Post by **Boba Fett** » 2003-04-07 07:45am

1. Stop whining, you're in love!

2. Stop thinking on "How this happened?". It's just happened this way and be glad that you are part of it.

3. Be straight and don't speak in riddles with the girl. It will make your "job" much easier.

4. I wish you good luck!

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-04-07 01:26pm

She seems a bit flaky. I would make sure she understands your intentions before trying to get into anything. And make sure you understand what hers are.

Oh, and stop speeding.

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2003-04-07 03:54pm

Go for it. you seem to have as many problems with love as i do, probably more!

jenat-lai · Post by **jenat-lai** » 2003-04-26 05:21am

SMS recieved today:

Hi (me) Im sorry I misled you, i wish not to go out with you but lets be friends ok. kind thoughts COB.

Told my best friend though, and he said good lol...

when I first told him I thought this girl was interesting his first response was "You mean Claire as in Tooth Claire? What man! Your going soft on me! Don't fall into her trap of incomprehendable Glap!"

she was still hot though...

eeh, all my friend girls want to either:
Not be my friend anymore because theyre going out with some jerk;
or want to just be my friend when and if I want to be something more.

though to be honest, being 'just a friend' is better than nothing, and I'd better hang on to that as much as possible.

Maybe it's time to stop falling in love with Irish girls named Claire who play stringed instruments in orchestras....