got a case of a guy that was in over his head,” Harry said with a shrug.
“What do you mean?”
“I mean, he’s most probably in it to hit it and quit it and he didn’t want to meet your best friends. He didn’t want to have an uncomfortable discussion with me asking what his intentions were.”
“Well, I guess maybe it’s a little early. I didn’t think about that. And I didn’t expect you to say all those things. I mean, if he got scared off because of that, then good riddance.”
Harry took another gulp of his drink. “I mean, that’s what relationships are about and this is what the process is about, right? Figuring out who it can work with and who it’s not going to work with.”
“Yeah, I guess so,” I couldn’t help but feel disappointed even though it made my decision fairly simple. Connor was out. The way he’d taken the call and left to go and work was just not acceptable to me. He’d barely been here for thirty minutes and already he’d left.
I looked at Sarah and sighed, “Well, I guess I don’t really need your help after all.”
“Lucas is a great guy though. He is really great.”
“Yeah. He’s great,” I said with a small smile. “I don’t know why I feel so deflated about Connor though. I mean, it’s one thing to be overwhelmed with awesome choices, but then to have one of those choices just gone. It’s a little upsetting. I mean, it makes my dilemma easier, but it still makes me question, was it me? Was it something I did?”
“No, of course not, Gemma,” Sarah shook her head. “You shouldn’t think that it was anything you did. It’s got nothing to do with you. I think Harry was right. If he was uncomfortable having a drink with your friends, then he’s not going to be the one. Obviously he’s not looking for anything serious. And the fact that he asked you to sit on his lap,” she made a face, “I mean, that’s kind of telling, right?”
“What do you mean? He was just being flirtatious.”
“No. Flirtatious is what Lucas was doing when he gave you a quick kiss. I mean, that was cute and that was fun. But imagine if you’d said yes to Connor and you sat on his lap, what was he going to do? Like grind into you with us here?”
“I’m sure he wouldn’t have done that.”
“It was just weird,” Sarah sipped her drink. “I mean, I hate to say that because I don’t know him very well, but yeah, he is good-looking and yeah, he seems like he’s very intelligent and has a lot of different interests, but I think he’s a player and I think he’s most probably not got good intentions when it comes to you.”
“Yeah. I guess,” I let out a deep sigh. “Shall we order that pizza then? I’m feeling kind of hungry and I feel like I deserve it.”
“Girl, cheer up. It’s not like you have no one. You still have Lucas.”
“I know. And I’m happy about Lucas and he’s amazing. I just can’t help but feel that the rug got pulled from under me though, you know?”
“Well, I’m going to tell you something, Gemma,” Harry said seriously and I looked at him in surprise. “I know I’m not necessarily the person you want to hear this from, but I’m going to give you a piece of advice.”
“Okay, and what’s that?”
“Maybe don’t get too excited about any of these guys too soon. You don’t really know them, you don’t know what their intentions are and you don’t know where it’s going. I know you want to settle down and I know you’ve got a big family and they want to see you with someone, but don’t rush into anything. I don’t know if you’re still going on dates with other guys but have some fun. This is your time to really get to know someone else and yourself. Right? Go on another date with Lucas. Do what you got to do with Lucas, but don’t stop meeting other guys at the same time.”
“Really?” Sarah looked at him in surprise. “So now you’re telling her to be a player too.”
“No, I’m not telling her to be a player. I’m telling her to explore her options because honestly, this is the only time in her life that she’s going to have the ability to date up a storm. Once she makes her decision and settles down,