Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Altercations

They decided to give the Improv show another shot that night, and she drove.  They left his car at his apartment across town, initially because he wanted to finish a story he'd started about a chick he had "half banged."  The story ended up not being worth the gas it was going to be to drive him back later that night. Apparently there were lots of girls that got just the tip in before deciding they didn't want to actually have sex.

He'd already backed out on spending the night because he had too much laundry to do.  He'd also backed out on actual sex despite the fact that she bought condoms.  He made the excuse that he hadn't showered in 2 days, she told him that he had gone down on her on the day she moved and she hadn't showered, so they were a little past that "Can't sex right now, stank" period.  They agreed to disagree as they got to the show.

One of the guys she had done a show with last summer showed up, and she caught up with him a little right before the show.  He was an affectionate guy, so they held hands and kissed on the cheek as they talked, with KSL right behind her.  Since KSL wanted to keep things on the down low, she thought this was the perfect way to deflect everyone.  She even squealed a little louder than she should have when he kissed/tickled her neck.  KSL seemed a little on edge when her friend decided to sit next to them, and for a second she wondered if it was almost jealousy.

A drunk couple came in at the last minute and sat in front of them.  The woman was ornery right off the bat, and kept turning around to stare at them.  Once she saw that KSL was chewing gum she made her move.

"Could you, like, STOP chewing your gum so loud?  I can't hear the show."  She was floored by the lady's rudeness and couldn't speak.  KSL was less than nice with his retort, telling her to stop sucking down so much booze with her mouth and he'd stop chewing with his.  When the Improv show asked for an audience member to participate, she raised her hand and the host asked if she was sober.  All four of the people in their row said "No" with the same enthusiasm.  She motioned to the stage manager to get security, he disappeared to do so and didn't come back right away.

Later she accused KSL of being "part of the show" when he suggested something they made a scene out of.  The lady's date started making fun of KSL's boisterous laugh.  KSL held up his hand to the back of their heads and flipped them off.  She shoved down his hand but didn't want to keep her hand on his because they were out in public and she was NOT his girlfriend.  She had a feeling he was so agitated that he would have acted badly towards her had she tried anything.  He was still his friend and she wanted to help, but she ended up being affectionate with her other friend for the remainder of the night.

The lady continued to be rude, saying "I bet you guys do that stuff" whenever the Improv turned to anal jokes.  She felt so torn, not being able to be affectionate to KSL to calm him, or talk shit to this woman because technically she wasn't involved.

Then the lady turned around to speak to them one more time, and she felt something inside her snap.  She leaned in until she could see the clumps in the lady's mascara and said with seething hatred "Are we friends?"

The lady was confused at first, then offended.  "Ugh, no." the lady replied, unsure of where it was going.

She leaned in further to the lady and raised her voice ever so slightly when she said with searing coldness "Then why the fuck are you talking to us?" The lady was shocked, and unsure what to say from there when the stage manager swooped down and told the couple to leave.  Just in time, as she was completely ready to throw down with this lady.  She had taken all she could of her shitting all over KSL, over everyone shitting all over him.  She'd never had a short temper, but something about him and how people just...she just got so protective over him.

Even when it came to himself.  After the show he assumed everyone was mad at him for causing a scene, the entire Improv troupe was out to get him.  He didn't want to go out, go back to her apartment, he just wanted to go home.  She tried to make him feel better on the way, he just got more angry.  So she stopped talking.  He then got hurt that she wasn't talking and asked if she was mad at him too.

"No one is mad at you!  Those guys were assholes, everyone saw that.  You didn't start anything.  Even I lost my shit and everyone heard.  You won't accept my help, there is nothing else to say.  I can't say anything else to you.  If you aren't listening to me, why I should I talk?"

They stayed silent for as long as he could stand.  It was the first time since meeting each other that they weren't speaking, and clearly he couldn't stand the silence.  He started talking again, explained that he was overthinking things.  That's just the way that the theatre community worked, they talked shit and changed the story and before you knew it, everyone hated him.  She remained silent, and he wound himself down talking.  By the time she pulled into his complex he was leaning in for a hug and trying to smooth it all over.

She went back to where the members of the Improv show were having a meal, hung out and chatted with everyone.  She told them what happened, but they were already completely over it...as suspected.

For a friend alone he was extremely high maintenance.  It was getting amazingly easy to continue to separate their friendship from their lover-ship.