Bird Man - The Saga Continues

Sorry about the delay in continuing this story. Life's been interestingly busy for the past week or so.

Anywho, so Birdman calls and makes plans for dinner that Friday night. He picks me up (he was early which I suppose is better than late) and we park his car and walk the rest of the way to the restaraunt. The place is a decently nice Italian joint, so I found something right away. We order a bottle of wine and a meat and cheese plate appetizer and settle in for some conversation. Conversation went well, the food was good. We head over to a bar where we're supposed to meet up with one of his friends who's visiting from out of town. We meet up and the night continues. His friend's think I'm a riot (which is kinda true- I usually play up the humor card when I'm nervous). The rest of the evening goes well- the bar we were at had a burlesque show so that was fun and exciting. At the end of the night, Birdman asks if he can have a kiss before putting me in a cab home. I give him a polite peck on the check and tell him to call me again.

Later that week, after speaking on the phone a few times, he invites me over for dinner on a Friday night. His sister, brother-in-law, and nieces will be in town for the weekend. I agree to swing by, although I was a little concerned that it would be awkward. After work, I head to his place to help get everything ready. Everyone arrives and his 6-year old niece takes to me right away. Dinner was ok, a little bland for my taste as far as food goes, but it wasn't too odd. Everyone but the two of us went to bed and we went out for a few drinks before going home. He gives me cab money again and invites me to spend the day with them at Navy Pier and the movies the next day. I agree since I had no other plans. It was a pretty nice day to be out at Navy Pier and Build-a-Bear Workshop wasn't nearly as crowded as I thought it would be. His niece decided that she was going to be my shadow for the day and had to be walking next to me at all times. I was fine with it because I love kids but still, I was surprised. We went to dinner at Hard Rock Cafe which was good but overpriced for sure. Finally, we saw Monsters vs. Aliens in 3D. I felt like a little kid again and that was super awesome. Company wasn't bad either. We head back to his place and the munchkins go to sleep. Shortly thereafter, his sister and brother-in-law dose off. Birdman decides to make his move. After some very awkard cuddling during a movie on TV, he goes in for the kiss...... and nothing- no spark, no heart-racing, nada. I give him a chance and try to show him how I like to kiss but it seemed like we were getting nowhere. I was bored to the point that I was figuring out what I was going to do the next day and how I needed to sort laundry. I head home shortly afterwards and just laugh to myself about it.

I'll continue the last of this story next time. Stay tuned to find out why this one is Birdman.