Renos, and a New Girl?
Sitting at the breakfast … stool… this morning, I just couldn’t handle the original brick any longer. So, with a quick phone call and no small amount of cash, I resurfaced the interior and exterior walls.
I think it looks pretty good.
After that, I figured it was time to get out of the house for the remainder of this beautiful day. I took a trip to the new park over in Newcrest.
Nice place, with lots of amenities and places to hang out.
And a bar. You gotta love a park with a bar.
Caitlyn’s wife Teagan was hanging around, making veggie burgers. As I finished up collecting rare gems, Teagan invited me over for a bite.
Cassandra was invited too, but instead she just stood around moping about things. Seriously kid, you’re a downer. But then Creepy Guy showed up, with a serious shine on for Teagan.
Nobody invited him, and we all really tried to ignore him. I was torn between trying to be friendly, and asking him to *please* stop staring at Teagan and breathing heavily. “Hi,” he’d say. “Hi. Hi.”
I tried answering him, but was met with silence and glares. Teagan managed to ignore him completely, and eventually we all left him sitting there with the burgers, and went our ways.
I went home for a while, to do some reading and catching up on the household chores. Just as I was thinking of dinner, I got a call from Kimberly, who wanted to know if I’d like to head out to eat.
I met her down at the Pelican, which is seriously starting to feel like a second home. Oh… third, I guess, after the lab.
I spotted Myron, out on the deck, on a date. Hrmph.
I had a great time with Kimberly. She made it no secret that she was interested in me, which is something I’d not considered much. But still… the attention felt good, after all the jerks I’ve been trying to date.
A couple of glasses of wine and some desert later, we realised we’d talked well into the night. I needed to work in the morning. Again, apparently. Didn’t I work last week?
I thanked her for an amazing evening, but schlepped my way back to the island.
I should get a car.
So, later that afternoon, I headed out to the lounge in Oasis Springs. Maybe the crowd there will be a little different, meet some new faces.
Eventually, other folk started arriving. I still needed to do some serum testing, and figured that tonight would be as good a time as any, so I downed one of the Flirty Juice things. Time to get into a mood.
Hey. How YOU…
Oh. Okay.
So while Baldy there ignored my advances, (yet he still just kept hanging around) I turned my charm on to … dammit! Myron left. Young Santa’s just not my type.
So while many of the older locals mourned the loss of … the old-now-dead guy, I had no idea who he was, nor did Kimberly or Skylar.