Firsts

I started school at UVSC the semester after my mission. On the first day of classes my mother, who at the time worked as UVSC's catering director, was giving me a tour of her facilities and introducing me to her staff. After meeting a dozen or so people my mother took us upstairs to have lunch at the Valley View room. After grabbing something to eat we went to go pay for our meals. I made my way up to where my mother was standing, next to the cash register, where she was talking to a dark haired young woman with the most beautiful green eyes I'd ever seen. I walked up to my mother, knowing full well she'd introduce me to her. Her name was Lisa, and she was a caterer who worked as a cashier part time. I wanted to play it cool, because that's what you do when you meet a pretty girl, and nothing says "I'm cool" more than an apathetic "Hey." Unfortunately that didn't seem to have the desired effect, in fact it seemed to have the opposite effect. I figured I'd try again later.

Fortunately later was only a few hours later that day. I had diligently arrived to my anthropology class 10 mins early and was able to score a front row seat. I had set out all the things I needed for the class: my book, note pad and my trusty dictaphone (wouldn't want to miss something important.) While the classroom slowly filled up, I started looking around to see if there was anyone I knew in the class. While I was scanning the room who should walk in the door but Lisa. For the briefest moment our eyes met, I thought she might come sit next to me..seeing as the whole front row was still open. Oddly, she went straight to the opposite corner of the room. I figured my "Hey" was still bothering her so I thought I'd try again the next day.

I think this is a good time to note that although it may seem childish, some guys like to tease girls, its a way of letting them know you like them, this is often refered to as "flirting" apparently Lisa was unaware of this or immune to my teasings. For weeks after that first time we met I would go get lunch on the days she was cashiering. Some days I would have to take an inadvertently long time picking out my lunch just to wait for her line to die down so it wouldn't look so odd getting in a line when there were other cashiers with no line. In fact there were many times where I would make sure I was the last person in her line so I could talk to her longer. Each time I went through I set the tease-ometer from stun to kill. Unfortunately it didn't seem to effect her. I started thinking she probably had a boyfriend...because who could resist such excellent teasing? In fact she was meeting a young man quite frequently for lunch, and they sure had a great time together. This was a stark realization. I wasn't sure on how to proceed. I figured I'd have to wait a few weeks then try again.