My eyes widen, I don't look up from the paper because honestly....I'm scared.
Greg was right beside me, I could talk to him....I could say 'hey Greg! How are you?' But what if he doesn't remember me? What if he does remember me..but he was expecting something better? All I had to do was look up and introduce myself, im gonna do it! Im gonna look at him!
No I'm not.
Okay, I'm going to look up at him...but what do I say?? 'I'm Andy Randy! Remember me?' No...maybe I can pretend to be somebody else and ask him what he thought about me! No I'll just introduce myself...in 3..2..1...
Why am I not moving, I was supposed to be introducing myself by now...it's been way more than 3 seconds....he probably thinks I'm crazy! He's probably walked away by now, did he walk away? Greg? Hello? Maybe if I looked up I could see if he walked away or not...no he's definitely gone now
It's been like 30 seconds he's long gone by now...
Damn it
I missed my chance
Good going Andy Randy
I look up in disappointment because I know I blew it....
Or so I thought...
Because Greg was still there.
I look up and instantly bust multiple loads. Greg was a friken baeb.
It's hard to describe Greg.
Imagine, Jesus as a person...like the embodiment of Jesus.
That's Greg.
Greg is Jesus.
I stare at Greg for at least 15 seconds before he says "hello?"
I shake my head "oh hey! Ya....actually we've met before"
"We have?" Greg asks tilting his head
"Yes, um last night?" I say stumbling over my words "Andy Randy....I punched my digits into your phone?"
Greg GASPS "Andy Randy! Yes! How was your first night at Charlottetown?" He asks, immediately sitting down. His posture was leaned forward as if he was enticed by me already
"It was good!" I smile "the hotel could use some minor renovations but it's comfy"
Greg laughs "minor, the locks on the doors don't work!"
"Its Canada, why do we even need to lock our doors?" I joke
Greg and I laugh collectively
Our bond has strengthened
At that moment Greg checks his watch "oh, I better get this moving....talk to me later, okay?" He says
"Okay"
Greg stands up from his seat and walks to the front of the room "hello everybody, please take your seats!"
The 20 people sit down, a girl sitting on my left and a boy sitting on my right.
"Welcome to the first ever TEEN LEAD Canadian conference!" Greg cheers, a couple of tiny claps backing him up.
"This conference is super cool because we have people from all over the country in my very province! PEI!" He smiles "today will be a brief introduction to our topics and ourselves, to a great 2 weeks ahead of us!" He smiles and sits back down at the table "how about we go around the room and say a cool fact about ourselves!"everybody nods but nobody says anything. "Who wants to go first?" Greg asks.
Nobody answers .
"Okay I will, I'm Greg and....I have 2 dogs?" He says, gesturing the person beside him to go. It's a girl with longer hair, wearing a dark red sweater "Je suis Québec et je ne peux pas parler français alors je suis en utilisant Google translate"
Everybody at the table tilts their heads
"Uh...does anybody here speak French?" Greg asks
"Uh ya I do" New Brunswick raises her hand "but that French is far too broken for my comprehension, lmao miss me with that google translate"
We all nod collectively
"Who's next?" Greg asks
"Uh hi...I'm Ontario" a boy says, straightening his posture in his seat "and my high score on that Snapchat filter where you eat all the hotdogs is 326"
We all open our jaws in amazement
We are in the midst of a legend
The cycle of introductions continue for about half an hour, Greg says we have a 20 minute break and then we will meet back here to continue the meeting.
The room erupts with chatter, people talking about where they come from, what it's like, and comparing places. Me on the other hand, am sitting silently, in between two people.
The boy looks over at me and the girl
"Hey! I'm Newfoundland" he smiles extending his hand "who are you?" I accept his hand "I'm Andy Randy"
"Nice....and who are you?" He asks looking over at the girl
"Oh...uh I'm BC" the girl says looking up from her phone
"BC? That's cool" he says
"Newfoundland is pretty cool too, I have a cousin in Newfoundland his name is Carl..do you know him?"
"I dont know any Carl's actually"
"Oh...that's a bummer"
The two start chit chatting away and eventually get submerged in a deep conversation
"Exactly!" BC yells "I never thought somebody that lives in such a different place could think the same as me.."
Newfoundland chuckles "it's interesting, you should visit Newfoundland sometime...you would fit right in"
"I would? You should come to BC! I think you'd like it there"
" I would love to come to BC, maybe I'll visit you after the conference or...I'm sorry I just met you that sounds weird"
"No it's not" BC smiles
"Really?"
"Nah, it actually is really weird so let's just pretend like you didn't say that and continue"
"Okay"
The two had seemed to forge a friendship in the span of 15 minutes, maybe even SoMeThiNg MoRe. It was cute.....but kind of awkward since I was sitting in the middle of it and they were completely ignoring me.
"So what's life like in BC?" Newfoundland asks "you got any special people up there?"
"Ya, I have a couple friends I guess...but I'm hoping to make some more here..why?"
Newfoundland shrugs "I don't know..."
He was definitely trying to get the inside scoop....I could tell. The poor boy was getting nowhere so I decide to interject.
"I don't think he was referring to friends per say...."
They both turn their heads toward me
"dude" Newfoundland says in a loud whisper
"I was just trying to-"
"No it's okay actually!" BC cuts me official
"If you were referring to THAT then I do not have 'anybody special' at the moment"
"Oh....cool" Newfound land says fixing his posture, still sneaking a scowl at me
The two dive back into a conversation and I get up from my seat, I need to talk to somebody new.
I look at the corner of the room and see a girl sitting alone and decide to walk over
"Hey! I'm Andy Randy" I greet her
"Hey" the girl says back looking at the ground
I cock an eyebrow "are you....okay?"
She looks up at me "oh sorry" she shakes her head "I drifted off, im Manitoba"
"Oh hey! I just came over here cause you looked lonely"
"Oh...I wasn't lonely but, thanks for asking" the girl says "what's you're name again?"
"Andy Randy" I shake her hand
"It's nice to meet you Andy Randy!"
That moment I feel a tap in my back and a very stern voice says...
"Can we talk for a sec?"
