In a few minutes, we were on the roof. I couldn't tell what was going on in Simon's head, and I can't say that I cared much about that. So, there were we, sitting on the roof, looking down at busy streets. People walking, running, standing, cars slowly making their way.
What on Earth am I doing here? I thought, but the answer came immediately.
"Look," said Simon, "it's so cool, we can see everybody, but no one sees us!"
"What is so cool about that?" I asked indifferently.
Funny enough, but he didn't come up with an immediate answer. Instead, he asked:
"You don't like it?"
"Well, I can't say there is something to like about that. I've seen a lot of people in the spotlight, while I've been in the shadows that now I want to be in the spotlight" I tried to sound more poetic.
"It's not for me," Simon said, "we are living in the shadows."
"Who are 'we'?"
"I will explain you later" said Simon and smiled at me in a sinister way.
But to his surprise it didn't work. I was slowly losing my patience.
This date is either going somewhere or nowhere, I thought, and if it's going nowhere then I'm out of it.
"I'm getting tired, guess I would go home" I said and started moving towards the roof's exit.
"Don't go!" Simon said almost hysterically, "If you don't want to sit on the roof, we can go to the park! But, please, don't go!"
My escape was that close, but I decided to give in and nodded. In ten minutes we were slowly moving towards park, and it seemed that finally a normal conversation had started.
"Do you want kids?" Simon asked.
"I don't know yet. Maybe one day I would like to have kids, but I'm not absolutely sure about that. If I am, I'd adopt one or two"
"So, you don't want to leave your semen?" Simon was obviously puzzled.
"Nope, I'm not into surrogacy. I think that if you can't do it in a natural way, it is way better to adopt someone." and realizing that he could have misunderstood me I added, "It's not that I am against surrogacy, it's just not for me"
"No! I'm not talking about bringing up children, but you need to leave your semen, that's the main point!" Simon said quite aggressively.
Probably he was expecting me to get frustrated, but I wasn't having any of it and asked:
"The main point according to whom?"
"According to our Goddess!"
"What Goddess?"
"I will explain it later..."
"Listen, Simon, I'm kinda losing my patience right now..."
"In the park, I will explain it to you in the park"
Considering the fact that we were approaching the park, I decided to give him some time. Who knows, maybe it will lead me to more hilarious stories.
