A Funny Thing Happened in Texas

Chapter 4

Brian was legitimately disappointed when the girl with the lavendar hair had left the restaurant before he'd had a chance to talk to her. Even after two days she was still stuck in his mind. Even the challenges at work weren't fully distracting him. He did wish that he'd run into her again and that meant that he was keeping an eye out for her.

He was standing in the shade of downtown Dallas and waiting for the crew to finish what they were doing. He put his bottle of water down when one of the producers motioned to the guys, letting them know it was time to film the into to the challenge.

"We're at the infamous Grassy Knoll in Downtown Dallas"

"We'll be posing as tour guides with our own conspiracy theories about JFK"

"But we won't know what the theories are until the other guys put them on these cards!"

"If you can't get at least one person to agree with you theory you lose!"

It took a few takes but the guys finally got through it and then took their hiding places while the first group was brought in. Murr was sipping on a cup of soup and Joe was texting with his wife while Sal was reading a book. Brian, bored, started looking through his Tinder. It was the voice of their executive producer that brought Brian back to reality.

Sal's turn was first so Brian sat down with Joe and Murr, ready to scribble down funny theories. After about three different rounds it was obvious that no one was going to agree with Sal. Murr was next and he finally got one person to agree with his wild theory. Joe was also able to get one person on board with his theory. Then it was time for Brian.

His group came down from the nearby Sixth Floor Museum and Brian did a double take. The lavendar haired girl was there. He smiled and started the fake tour. He blushed when one of the cards Joe held up was somewhat sexually explicit.

"So I have this theory. JFK was having an affair with a, with a..."

The card Brian was trying to say out loud read 'JFK was having an affair with a panda'. But he was having a difficult time saying the whole thing.

"Q, you gotta say it!"

Brian kept stuttering, not wanting to look at the girl in his group.

"What is your theory?" She asked him, seeming to be genuinely curious.

"JFK was having an affair with a... with a panda. That's all. Its stupid."

He put his hand to his forehead, trying to hide his face. He hated when they pulled that kind of thing on him when there was a pretty girl around. He looked at her, trying to guage her reaction. She definitely had a puzzled look on her face.

"Ummm, is that code for something?" Another person in the group asked the question.

"Nooo..." he replied. "Its not well known but JFK loved pandas. And he liked to snuggle with them. So what do you guys think? Pandas?"

No one agreed with him, of course. And when that happened Brian was able to say the thing he loved saying.

"Well you guys are all on a hidden camera show called Impractical Jokers!" The group started laughing. He walked up to the girl with lavendar hair and put his hand out, introducing himself.

"Im Brian Quinn."

"I'm Gennie." She smiled, he loved her smile. He then realized that she might be younger than he thought.

"So did you ever think you'd be on a hidden camera show?"

She laughed, "No. I certainly did not. But I'm glad to know you don't actually think JFK was having an affair with pandas."

He laughed and continued talking to her, "So are you from Dallas?"

"Yeah, I am. Born and raised."

"So why were you on the tour today?"

"I just like to learn, especially about history."

At least she had some depth, which he  considered more important than age.

"So, uh, what else do you like?"

"Um, movies. But I really like Alfred Hitchcock, Gothic horror, and 70s and 80s horror. Don't get me started on the Evil Dead movies. So funny! Umm-"

"You like the original Evil Dead movies?!"

"Of course! They're hilarious!"

He smiled, she was cute and had good taste in movies. He wanted to try his luck and find out how she felt about Star Wars and comics. But they were interrupted by a production assistant who needed Gennie to sign a release for the show. Once Gennie signed the release she indicated that she needed to leave.

"Oh okay," Brian said, "Well uh, would it be weird if I asked for you number? We could get a drink and talk about Bruce Campbell?"

"Sure!"

After she put her number in his phone he sent her a text so she had his number.

"It was nice to meet you, Gennie."

"You, too, Brian."

His friends immediately came over and wanted the details, as if they couldn't hear everything because Brian was mic'ed up during the interaction.

"Look, guys, there's nothing to get too excited about! I'm just going to meet her for drinks sometime and we'll go from there. Just chill!"

But on the inside Brian was anything but chill. He had butterflies in his stomach. Gennie was beautiful and interesting, and the anime-like hair was really hot. Not that body shape was everything, but he had definitely noticed her ample bosom, and the memory of that would keep him company until the next time he saw her.