In the beginning...

[averygoodun42]

About this time eleven years ago, the exact date has long been forgotten, my best friend uttered a life-changing phrase:

"I want you to meet someone."

I looked at him. "What?"

"There's this really cool guy down at the planetarium that I want you to meet. I think you'd like him."

"Um..." I had hoped that Justin had got over his crush on me, but I hadn't really ever expected him to try and set me up.

"Come on. He should be there now."

What the hell? I thought. It wasn't like my social circle was expanding on its own.

So, Justin drove us down to the planetarium, parking in the side lot by the back door. As we jogged down the short staircase, I looked around, not having been in the planetarium before. The carpet was old and red, the walls were curved, and judging by the perfect echoes, someone was coming our way.

A thin, young-looking man came into view seconds later. He wasn't much to look at - a typical Bill Gates lookalike - but there was something about him that instantly connected with me. He greeted Justin with a smile and they chatted for a few moments, the guy glancing over at me minimally, though obviously curious. Justin, noticing the looks, remembered his manners and hurriedly introduced me as a friend. When I shook his hand, I felt a jolt of electricity that was more than the standard static charge build up. Before I could process it, though, Justin and I were off again, walking down the curved hallway.

I glanced behind me at the retreating back of the man and then turned to Justin.

"Was he the guy you wanted to introduce me to?" I whispered.

Justin looked at me, amazed. "Who, Geoff?" He laughed derisively. "No! I want you to meet Skeeter!"

"Oh," I said, disappointed but energized as Justin led me into the bowels of the planetarium.

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Comments

[junewilliams7.livejournal.com]

c'mon, tell us about Skeeter! and how you and Geoff managed a first date after that intro by Justin. this story sounds cool. :=)

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

Okay! :-)

[ashfae.livejournal.com]

I remember you telling me this when it happened. Hee. =)

I also remember the first time I met Geoff, when I hauled you up to the Sam Shaber concert in the mountains. Until then I'd been a little dubious, but as soon as I met him I could see how you two clicked. =)

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

DId I tell you when it happened, or when Geoff and I started dating? I can't remember anymore.

Sam Shaber! Every now and again I think of that concert, but I couldn't remember her name! Yeesh. But, yeah. I could understand people being dubious, but... :-)

[ashfae.livejournal.com]

When it happened. It was very sweet. =) And then you told me again when Geoff and you started dating. And as I remember you mooned a lot about him in the interim. Again with the very sweet. *gryn*

I was only dubious because of the age difference. As soon as I met him my reaction was "Nope, nevermind, this'll work." =)

Incidently I still think yours was the best wedding I've ever attended.

[mundungus42.livejournal.com]

*cracks up* Awesome!

I too would like to hear the saga of Skeeter.. :D

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

Okay!

:D

[keladry_lupin]

I'm with 42 and June -- what happened with Skeeter, and how did you manage a date with Geoff, after Justin tried to set you up with someone else?

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

I'll tell in time... ;-)

[minuet99.livejournal.com]

Awwwww... I love 'how we met' stories. :)

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

So do I, and I particularly like my own. Funny that. ;-)

[camillo1978.livejournal.com]

Awwwwww! Cool "story".

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

Hee. It's terribly romantic (if in a somewhat pathetic way... but then aren't all romances slightly pathetic?)

[muggle-prof.livejournal.com]

So, yeah, was Skeeter a jerk, and did you and Geoff meet cute? Inquiring minds want to know.

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

Skeeter actually IS a really cool guy. But it took a while to meet him.

[millennia2.livejournal.com]

Now it's time for the rest of the story...

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

Coming! :-)

[mollyssister.livejournal.com]

How much time after the sparky planetarium meeting did you marry Geoff?

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

Um... *counts on fingers* A while. Five years? Six?

[evieeros.livejournal.com]

I vote with everyone else. More story pls!

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

Okay! :-D

[kribu.livejournal.com]

This is such a cool story! *is curious about what happened then and how you ended up seeing Geoff again*

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I think so. And I'm using this story as an excuse to write every day, so...

[gryffin23.livejournal.com]

How we met stories are so much fun. Do we get to hear more of this one?

btw camillo1978 I love your icon, where'd you get it?

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

I love them. Most of them are so interesting! And yes, you get to hear more of this one.

[dickgloucester.livejournal.com]

Lovely. Ah, the denseness of men, sometimes. And of course I want to hear about Skeeter!

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

You have no idea. :-)

It took a while before I met Skeeter.