Sunday proved to lift the entire weekend to "not bad" status. The crowd had been a receptive one, and it actually left the cast in pretty good spirits. They had their after show drink downstairs, sat around, and talked about how the run had been going and how they were at the halfway mark.
KSL said he was going out to sushi later in the week, which led to a discussion about the best places in town. Suddenly she was very hungry.
"Mmmm, now I reallllllllllly want sushi. Super Director, you want to do sushi before we shop?" She asked SD. "Yaaaaaas! Let's all do it!" SD said.
"KSL, you gonna come with us?" She asked him. He hemmed and hawed about it, talking about how he made bad food choices the night before and wasn't sure he should do it again.
"KSL, look at me...right in the face." She said to him. When she had his full attention, she said with passion "Sushi. Is. Never. A. Mistake."
He sighed and then said "Okay. I just need to put my stuff in the car."
"Me too," she said "SD, we'll be right back. Just dropping stuff in the car."
"I'll meet you there!" SD said.
***
"So, how was drinks with the 'girls' last night?" She asked as they walked to the car.
"Ugh, it was terrible. I left really early."
"Really?" She said with a slight smile. "What happened?"
"She invited her other friend and some guy that was in town...I just didn't expect it to be that many people. We were supposed to catch up, but it ended up being too many people."
Ah, the small parties factor. It had been a middle-sized party and ruined everything.
"I'm just really in a depressive state lately." KSL said. Funny, he'd been fine on Thursday, his usual jovial self. What had changed since then? Besides the fact that they hadn't talked much...but she put that out of her mind immediately. There was no way that her distancing herself a bit had changed his attitude.
They ran into a producing manager of another theatre company in town on the way back to sushi. They chit-chatted for a little while, then they were on their way.
"He's a good guy." KSL said.
"Meh, he's okay" She replied.
"Wow," he said. "So, I get it now. I should actually feel pretty special, that you want to be my friend because you seem to judge everyone else pretty harshly. Like, I should feel unique."
"Well, yeah." She said matter-of-factly.
"Damn, and modest too!" He laughed. His laugh also contained some reverence and caution.
***
"So, do you like this place? I know you can be awful judge-y." KSL said to her with a smile. She scowled at him, then said with a fake snotty accent "Well, I ain't mad at it." She was actually not that impressed, but decided she didn't want to come off as judge-y anymore and kept her comments to herself.
The rest of the lunch was pleasant, and he agreed that sushi was not a mistake. He seemed in much better spirits, and they parted after lunch on good terms, planning another walking meeting to discuss his blog posts.
She and SD went off for successful shopping, and were taking pictures of the sign stating the street was closed for the movie the next day, when Goldie stepped outside her car in front of them. They opened the door for her, and she jumped in the back to have a chat. They talked about the movie inside her car for what ended up being an hour. It was a great conversation that went by fast as the windows fogged up and the sprinkling of rain hit the windshield.
She was so lucky to have these bright amazing people surrounding her.
