PG And The (Sort-Of) Lunch Disaster

PG came to lunch today with my sister and niece. I didn't really intend on inviting her; she kind of invited herself.

Me: "So, I don't know if you included me in your lunch plans, but I'm eating out today."
PG: "Okay. Where do you want to go?"
Me: "Well, I'm meeting my sister out."
PG: "Great! I'll come."

I couldn't help feeling that the invitation was pretty sly, but I decided it was fine because I'd been taking an interest into getting to know her better as a friend. And what better way to get to know someone than by exposing them to your family, especially cute little nieces. I remembered a story my friend Tommy would tell me about using his niece at the mall to get dates. I thought a cute little niece would be perfect in getting PG to go out with me.

Little did I know things would not go well as planned.

I suffered a few embarrassing moments at lunch today. The first one was trying to garnish a kiss from my niece, who had decidedly become coy. The second was trying to pay for lunch, which resulted in me borrowing 20 bucks from my sister and PG covering the rest (because they didn't take cards.) The third was egging on my niece to give PG a compliment, which was met with resounding silence. So much for trying to charm her.

Lunch was good though. My sister and PG got on pretty well. My niece calmed down a little bit and kept taking big sips from my apple juice. Before we knew it, lunch was up and we had to get back to work. Upon tucking her in the car seat, my niece finally gave me a kiss and a cute little smile, as if to say, "Sorry to ruin your plans." Little turd.

PG looked really cute today with a new haircut she got over the weekend. A few hours after lunch she started flirting with me like she used to a few months ago. I can't figure that girl out sometimes. But even though a small part of me still likes her, it's been easier to work with her since I've taken a few steps back. I can't help but think she's taken a renewed interest in me as well. Maybe it's because I told her I was hanging out with some other girls at work over the last few weeks.

And I guess my plan worked a little bit. On the walk back, PG suggested we go to dinner sometime. After she graduates next month.