Chat with Katie
I woke up at 1am today because it was soooo humid! Went back to sleep at about 2:30am and then woke up at 7am, so I skipped breakfast, made my lunch, had a shower and went off to work.
I took my fourth and final frame into work, my grad dip, hung it up and went out to get some Macca's. As I was walking down the street, I saw this guy who looked like Stanley crossing the road, and when he stopped in front of me I tapped him on the hip and he turned around.
It wasn't Stanley at all!
Fuck. I quickly apologised and said it was the wrong person, and he gave an awkward laugh and said "alright".
Fucking hell, I couldn't wait to turn the corner because I felt like everyone behind me was laughing at me.
At Macca's there were a lot of people waiting around for their food after they had paid. One of the girls at the counter thought she had already given this guy his milkshake and was reluctant to give him another one. I was thinking "if he had already taken one, where the hell was it? He didn't have anywhere to put it", and just thought that she shouldn't have disputes over such minor things, but I could see she, for whatever reason, took it personally.
I ate my breakfast there and then returned to the office. I handed my reply to reps in to Wendy, who started reading them as soon as I left the room. I hope she doesn't think I'm stupid.
My plan today was to wait till lunch time when Katie might be alone, and then I'd grab my lunch from the fridge and then "on the way" stop by to have a chat. Starting from noon, I kept checking the roster to see whether the people around her had gone for lunch.
Come on you fucker, go to lunch.
[10 minutes later...]
You still there? Go already!
[10 minutes later...]
Fuck! Still there!
But as 1 o'clock approached, one by one they seemed to leave. I was just hoping she wouldn't go out to lunch before I got there.
Finally, with one lady still there, I decided to fuck it and go. I went around the long way, and heard that lady talking to Wendy in her office.
Yes! That means she must be alone!
Sure enough, as I approached her area, I saw her with her back to me working away. I looked around the area to make sure there was no one else about.
"G'day" I said, which prompted her to turn around. She asked me how I was, I answered and asked her back. Then I said, sarcastically, "isn't this much better than playing TI's in court?" which made her laugh and watched as she leaned back into her chair.
She asked me how I was finding it, and I said it was still novel, so still interesting. I didn't really know what I was saying, I felt like I was mumbling while trying to think of the next thing to say. I asked her something stupid about how if that was all she did, and she said yes. When there was a bit of silence, she asked me how the list was on Thursday.
Omg! She knew! That means she must've looked at my status on the roster that day...and remembered!
I told her about the judge and how she was a bit blunt, and how I got told off. She laughed a bit.
I asked her if she knew that Kate and PL had gotten married, and her eyes lighted up a bit as if gossip really interested her. Or maybe I had just struck one of the commonalities between us. I said I didn't pick it up and she said neither did she. She also knew that Kate was pregnant.
I also told her that CW was going out with Gretel, and her eyes lighted up even more. I told her about Friday, and she asked what Gretel was like, saying that she looked like a bubbly person. She knew that CW had been with someone famous before, and I said that was his wife, but he also had a girlfriend who came to court a few times.
I nodded towards the pictures of various dogs pinned up on her wall and asked if she was a dog person. She said not really, that those weren't her dogs except for the one in the pram which sadly has passed away. I asked her why she put her dog in a pram and she said that was when she was 10.
Lol, soooo cute!
I told her I was a dog person but had two cats, and when I told her their names she laughed, hehe. She said she used to have a flatmate [Whoa, does that mean she lives by herself?!] whose cat would always bite her on the feet, lol. I told her how my landlord had a chiuaua who would always bark at me. She laughed even though it wasn't very funny. What I really meant was that her dog would bark at me when I was within 100 metres of the house, thereby alerting her that I was around. I also told her that there were a few cat people on defecne in the trial, including Kate, Rom Rom, and RB.
I could sense the topic of animals was dying, so I asked "so, you're admitted?" and she said she was admitted last October. I asked her if she was waiting for an LO position and she said she supposed so. She said she applied in the same round that I did, and I smiled, trying to ask it jokingly, "you must hate us". She clasped her hands together and pointed at me with both index fingers, shaping her hands like a gun, and said "not you, because you're experienced, but there were some questionable decisions". I could see that I had gotten onto a somewhat touchy topic.
I asked her if she had ever considered defence, and she said yes and asked what it was like. I said it was ok, but losing wasn't good, and somehow mentioned my client and how he was too young. I paused, thinking I should change the subject, but didn't know what to say next.
I started walking away and she said something about coming over to talk when I have spare time. I said yes, and also invited her to come to my office some time, because I was bored in the corner. She said I had a nice office, and I said it was just to keep me away from (and gestured towards the CT people). I said that as I faded away and I heard her say see you later.
I was so happy I had this big grin on my face as I grabbed my lunch from the fridge and went back to my office to eat it. I grinned the entire time. Somehow, I felt that this was just a repeat of NTM - but this time I had taken it one step further.
I noticed on the roster that she left for lunch almost immediately after I left her. I wondered if she would call to tell anyone about our chat. I also noticed later that she returned a lot faster than usual. Her lunch break in total was less than 30 minutes. She usually takes an hour.
At the end of the day, most people had left but she had stayed. I had to go at 5:20pm because I was meeting Shuing. Even if I didn't, I don't think I would've gone for a second chat. I just felt like it ended on an ok note and didn't want to ruin it. I wanted to let it all absorb overnight.
I met up with Shuing and we ended up having dinner at that Japanese place where G and Bob had the ramen challenge, even though we had originally planned drinks. I told him about Katie and he asked whether she had a boyfriend. I told him that if girls didn't mention it then I assumed they were single. He suggested I find out what she was doing on Friday night to ascertain her status.
We talked about Michelle, and how he went to her house yesterday and saw how severely damaged her house was due to the floods. He said he was surprised by how much she hated her mom. He said that all this time, going by what she had said, her mom was the mentally ill one, but after meeting her, he thought that Michelle was the mentally ill one because her mother was completely normal. He also said that Michelle said that she wished her mother would die.
He seemed to have that on his mind for the majority of the meal, and seemed to soften his stance on breaking up his friendship with her.
We also talked about how Bob seemed lonely. He said Bob likes a girl from his company, but the girl doesn't like him. Apparently he asked her out on valentine's day and she turned him down. Shuing reckons it was because Bob seems intimidating, and probably didn't even smile when asking.
On our walk to Central, we talked about how Bob's view was that he would target a girl and then go for it willy nilly, when in reality it was the girl who chooses. He said Bob once said that he wished it was back in the times of cave man when you could just club a woman and drag her back to your cave.
He also returned to me Meet Joe Black and my Seinfeld DVD. I caught the bus home pretty damn happy, hehe.
I also found her on facebook. I knew she would have it, only because everyone seems to have it these days, but I had trouble finding her, as her name is pretty common. I found her through Kim. Her profile picture is of her wearing a hat down, half covering her face. It was kinda sexy, but not in a revealing way.
Hmmm...what's the next step? Ask her out to lunch?
I took my fourth and final frame into work, my grad dip, hung it up and went out to get some Macca's. As I was walking down the street, I saw this guy who looked like Stanley crossing the road, and when he stopped in front of me I tapped him on the hip and he turned around.
It wasn't Stanley at all!
Fuck. I quickly apologised and said it was the wrong person, and he gave an awkward laugh and said "alright".
Fucking hell, I couldn't wait to turn the corner because I felt like everyone behind me was laughing at me.
At Macca's there were a lot of people waiting around for their food after they had paid. One of the girls at the counter thought she had already given this guy his milkshake and was reluctant to give him another one. I was thinking "if he had already taken one, where the hell was it? He didn't have anywhere to put it", and just thought that she shouldn't have disputes over such minor things, but I could see she, for whatever reason, took it personally.
I ate my breakfast there and then returned to the office. I handed my reply to reps in to Wendy, who started reading them as soon as I left the room. I hope she doesn't think I'm stupid.
My plan today was to wait till lunch time when Katie might be alone, and then I'd grab my lunch from the fridge and then "on the way" stop by to have a chat. Starting from noon, I kept checking the roster to see whether the people around her had gone for lunch.
Come on you fucker, go to lunch.
[10 minutes later...]
You still there? Go already!
[10 minutes later...]
Fuck! Still there!
But as 1 o'clock approached, one by one they seemed to leave. I was just hoping she wouldn't go out to lunch before I got there.
Finally, with one lady still there, I decided to fuck it and go. I went around the long way, and heard that lady talking to Wendy in her office.
Yes! That means she must be alone!
Sure enough, as I approached her area, I saw her with her back to me working away. I looked around the area to make sure there was no one else about.
"G'day" I said, which prompted her to turn around. She asked me how I was, I answered and asked her back. Then I said, sarcastically, "isn't this much better than playing TI's in court?" which made her laugh and watched as she leaned back into her chair.
She asked me how I was finding it, and I said it was still novel, so still interesting. I didn't really know what I was saying, I felt like I was mumbling while trying to think of the next thing to say. I asked her something stupid about how if that was all she did, and she said yes. When there was a bit of silence, she asked me how the list was on Thursday.
Omg! She knew! That means she must've looked at my status on the roster that day...and remembered!
I told her about the judge and how she was a bit blunt, and how I got told off. She laughed a bit.
I asked her if she knew that Kate and PL had gotten married, and her eyes lighted up a bit as if gossip really interested her. Or maybe I had just struck one of the commonalities between us. I said I didn't pick it up and she said neither did she. She also knew that Kate was pregnant.
I also told her that CW was going out with Gretel, and her eyes lighted up even more. I told her about Friday, and she asked what Gretel was like, saying that she looked like a bubbly person. She knew that CW had been with someone famous before, and I said that was his wife, but he also had a girlfriend who came to court a few times.
I nodded towards the pictures of various dogs pinned up on her wall and asked if she was a dog person. She said not really, that those weren't her dogs except for the one in the pram which sadly has passed away. I asked her why she put her dog in a pram and she said that was when she was 10.
Lol, soooo cute!
I told her I was a dog person but had two cats, and when I told her their names she laughed, hehe. She said she used to have a flatmate [Whoa, does that mean she lives by herself?!] whose cat would always bite her on the feet, lol. I told her how my landlord had a chiuaua who would always bark at me. She laughed even though it wasn't very funny. What I really meant was that her dog would bark at me when I was within 100 metres of the house, thereby alerting her that I was around. I also told her that there were a few cat people on defecne in the trial, including Kate, Rom Rom, and RB.
I could sense the topic of animals was dying, so I asked "so, you're admitted?" and she said she was admitted last October. I asked her if she was waiting for an LO position and she said she supposed so. She said she applied in the same round that I did, and I smiled, trying to ask it jokingly, "you must hate us". She clasped her hands together and pointed at me with both index fingers, shaping her hands like a gun, and said "not you, because you're experienced, but there were some questionable decisions". I could see that I had gotten onto a somewhat touchy topic.
I asked her if she had ever considered defence, and she said yes and asked what it was like. I said it was ok, but losing wasn't good, and somehow mentioned my client and how he was too young. I paused, thinking I should change the subject, but didn't know what to say next.
I started walking away and she said something about coming over to talk when I have spare time. I said yes, and also invited her to come to my office some time, because I was bored in the corner. She said I had a nice office, and I said it was just to keep me away from (and gestured towards the CT people). I said that as I faded away and I heard her say see you later.
I was so happy I had this big grin on my face as I grabbed my lunch from the fridge and went back to my office to eat it. I grinned the entire time. Somehow, I felt that this was just a repeat of NTM - but this time I had taken it one step further.
I noticed on the roster that she left for lunch almost immediately after I left her. I wondered if she would call to tell anyone about our chat. I also noticed later that she returned a lot faster than usual. Her lunch break in total was less than 30 minutes. She usually takes an hour.
At the end of the day, most people had left but she had stayed. I had to go at 5:20pm because I was meeting Shuing. Even if I didn't, I don't think I would've gone for a second chat. I just felt like it ended on an ok note and didn't want to ruin it. I wanted to let it all absorb overnight.
I met up with Shuing and we ended up having dinner at that Japanese place where G and Bob had the ramen challenge, even though we had originally planned drinks. I told him about Katie and he asked whether she had a boyfriend. I told him that if girls didn't mention it then I assumed they were single. He suggested I find out what she was doing on Friday night to ascertain her status.
We talked about Michelle, and how he went to her house yesterday and saw how severely damaged her house was due to the floods. He said he was surprised by how much she hated her mom. He said that all this time, going by what she had said, her mom was the mentally ill one, but after meeting her, he thought that Michelle was the mentally ill one because her mother was completely normal. He also said that Michelle said that she wished her mother would die.
He seemed to have that on his mind for the majority of the meal, and seemed to soften his stance on breaking up his friendship with her.
We also talked about how Bob seemed lonely. He said Bob likes a girl from his company, but the girl doesn't like him. Apparently he asked her out on valentine's day and she turned him down. Shuing reckons it was because Bob seems intimidating, and probably didn't even smile when asking.
On our walk to Central, we talked about how Bob's view was that he would target a girl and then go for it willy nilly, when in reality it was the girl who chooses. He said Bob once said that he wished it was back in the times of cave man when you could just club a woman and drag her back to your cave.
He also returned to me Meet Joe Black and my Seinfeld DVD. I caught the bus home pretty damn happy, hehe.
I also found her on facebook. I knew she would have it, only because everyone seems to have it these days, but I had trouble finding her, as her name is pretty common. I found her through Kim. Her profile picture is of her wearing a hat down, half covering her face. It was kinda sexy, but not in a revealing way.
Hmmm...what's the next step? Ask her out to lunch?
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