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Some weeks ago, I hooked up with this guy who goes to the college that I'll be attending in the fall. He seems pretty cool, I suppose, and is an agreeable sort to hang out with. He appears to be... somewhat enamored of me.

Fast forward to a few days ago. His best friend/roommate IMs me and we start chatting it up. Since he's gonna be in Springfield the next day anyway to make some returns at Best Buy, I make the offer that we can hang out. Cool. Exchange of digits, fast forward to the next day.

I meet this guy, he's kind of a nerd, but extremely attractive. We wait in line at the customer service desk so he can make his return and he's complaining about the wait. When the lady finally gets to him and says, "I'm sorry about your wait," he says, "Oh, it's not a problem." I bust on him profusely for his bitching.

We walk around the store for a while, and there's a lot of push-and-pull of the conversation, we're both teasing each other about tastes in music, movies, etc... Pretty cool. There's even some physical contact, which I take as an IOI (indicator of interest). By physical contact, I mean... poking, tickling, tripping each other, that kind of thing.

I see my brother at Best Buy too (he works there) and I got him to let me take his new camaro convertible out for a spin. We get out there, put the top down and I tell the guy, "Hop in."
"What, are you serious?"
"Yeah, hop in."

So, he does. We hit the mall, Barnes and Noble, EB Games, and drive around a little more before I drop him back off at his car. However, to my dismay, I discover during this outing that he has a gf.

And his best friend likes me. Ugh.

His gf lives in Chicago, about 200 miles away, and his friend lives in Quincy, which isn't a short drive, either. However, we'll all be going to school together in the fall.

I really like him, though. He told me we could hook up again later this week, so I recently IMed him:


Ohh, what to do...

Conscience tells me to back off, but damn.

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