"The Lady in Red..."

Well...actually she was a lady in white...but the point's the same...she took my breath away..and that's rare...for me....there's no shortage of pretty women in LA so it's easy to find someone who'll make your head spin, but to meet someone who actually takes your breath away...that's something special...

I was on my way to hang with a buddy who works the door at this bar in a very trendy area of LA...across the street, I noticed two fine black women walking along the sidewalk..."Damn!" I thought...which was really the only appropriate reaction....I watched them for a few seconds before they both freaked out about something along their way...I mean freaked the fuck out...like some crazy voodoo kinda' freak out....a giant spider?...snake?...I don't know...what I did know was that I had to cross that street and find out...even if it meant jaywalking...yeah I know....BFD...so what?..well here in LA, jaywalking can get you arrested and thrown in jail...believe it....it happened to someone I know...but these chicks were worth the risk...

So when I got over there...I was immediately smitten with the one in white...the two appeared to be sisters and they did in fact see a giant size bug that caused the funky freak out...after some quick small talk I found out they had just left a club down the street so I said..."What? Not enough white guys there for you?"....now..the line naturally can go over a couple of different ways...I said it because, one, well..I'm quick and funny and two, I had to feel them out to see if they were down with white guys...granted, most black chicks are into me once they get to talkin' to me...but you never know.....anyway, the one in white reacted immediately, "That's kind of a racist thing to say."...I'm not sure "racist" is quite the right word but she was clearly trying to act annoyed...I wasn't buying it...

I walked along with them because they were headed to the Club next door to my bar..not that I wouldn't have walked in the opposite direction...it just so happened....but I pretty much let them walk away once I hit my spot..my buddy was outside at the time and he saw them walk by and tried to get them to stop, but of course they brushed right on by...he didn't realize that I had just walked all the way down the sidewalk with them...he told me this was their second trip past of the night...earlier, they had some paparazzi chasing them...he thought they were Reverend Run's girls....I had no idea who that was...I mean..I know Reverend Run of course...but I had no idea he had a reality show on MTV with two fine ass daughters...he really thought it was them...but...either way...I didn't give a shit....that kinda' stuff doesn't matter to me...only two things do...well three...do you take my breath away?...are you cool?...and are you into me?....everything else is bullshit....what you do...what you drive....where you're from (as long as it's not Indiana..can't get into that story...sorry)..I don't care...I mean I care...but not care in the sense it's a deal breaker...you got to give guys credit on this one....a garbage woman could turn us on....women should be less sensitive to all this non-essential bullshit and more concerned with how a man treats you, respects you and loves you...OK...enough pulpit preaching from Reverand..errr...Rabbi Steve...

I thought about going to the club to try and catch back up with the girls...and taking a shot...but I knew I probably would have had a hard time getting in....yeah..it was one of "those" places.. but my buddy said he knew the manager so after hanging with him for awhile he texted the guy and he ended up coming down to get me and escort me in....Now that...was a shock....

As soon as I entered the club, I saw the girls partying at a table upfront with a bunch of people...not in any hurry, I went up the steps toward the bar and I could not believe the number of fine women at this place...it was ridiculous....now looking down onto the main floor area I noticed my white girl....my girl in white....heading toward the bathroom line alone...here was my shot....

I met up with her at the back and said Hi...apologized for maybe getting off on the wrong foot earlier...she gave me that smile..the kind of smile that we all want to get from women...the one that says..well...at least I thought it said...hey you're kinda' cute..but WTF do I know...I'm "the guy who knows nothing."...she really had "to go" and said she was gonna' try another bathroom..I guess back in the restaurant part of the place and that...wait for it....wait.....

"I'll catch back up with you."

I wanted to believe her...she seemed fairly sincere...but I was working under the influence and could not be counted on for any sense of judgement....but I knew she wasn't actually leaving the club...so one way or another I'd run into her again....

I went to get a drink at the bar and got a good vibe from a couple of drunk girls up there ordering...we flirted some...the place was a pussy palace tonight....but my mind was elsewhere....

After a few minutes I went for a lap...smelled some weed...saw some people smokin' the weed...and then ended up back at my girl's table where she was talkin' with some guys and munchin' on....of all things....cotton candy....yummeee....double yummeee....once again...like "Damn" from earlier...the only appropriate reaction here was "Yummeee."

This chick was the kinda' girl you want to run your tongue along from head to toe and taste every sugar sweet inch of her....and like the cotton candy...she's sure to melt in your mouth and not in your hands...I know that's what they say about M&M's...but really...have you ever handled M&M's on a hot humid day?...they fucking melt in your hands like every other kind of candy...but oh...not cotton candy...

So..sort of ignoring the fact she was in the midst of conversation with some dudes I just went up to her...put my arm on her lower back...and said, "So I guess you're gonna' make me come and find you."....and then she gave me the smile again....it was on...

The guys soon dispersed...maybe they were gay...cause they kinda' left us alone a 'lil too quickly...even her sister didn't try to intervene...another oddity...she let me have some of her cotton candy although I tried to snatch some with my mouth...she only let me get it with my fingers...well..that all just sounded kinda' dirty...I did comment about melting in my mouth...and she added, "but not in your hands."... LOL....she ended up telling me to take her number down...yes...she brought it up... so I put it in my phone..called her right then and she saved me in her blackberry...when I saw she listed me a "writer" under "professional" or whatever the contact listing said, I made a comment about mixing business and pleasure...and how we should just worry about the pleasure...she wanted to start with business and then see about the pleasure...whatever the hell that meant cause we never discussed any business we might do with each other...and I also know you're thinking..well..that means she's not interested in me in the pleasure kind of way....more time is needed to tell on that one...

So there's more...a good deal more.....

She told me just broke up with her boyfriend of a year and a half last week...cause he cheated on her...why do I always seem to meet women just in or out of relationships?...I know it'll be fucked trying to get with her now so I said to her "I guess I'll have to wait like 6 months to call you"...she tried to say it was over but I didn't get that sense...she then went into how he still loves her...and yadda yadda...I told her if he really loved her he wouldn't have cheated on her in the first place...she tried to say that all guys cheat and besides...after she found out about it, she then cheated on him...OK...here goes my mini-rant....this girl can pretty much get any guy she wants but seems willing to tolerate a guy that disrespects her because....well...she's insecure enough to need the attention from men regardless of how they treat her....she seems like an intelligent confident independent type woman who shouldn't and wouldn't put up with that kinda' shit...no woman should..but I'm guessing she likes the sex with him and that overrules all else...plus the thing about all men cheating was kinda' like her justifying his behavior and hers with all future men by claiming"it's just something I'm gonna' have to live with.." It's kinda' sad...but I just felt talkin' to her there was something worthwhile about continuing...despite her messed up thinking.

A club mix of Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" came on and she got kinda' excited so I asked her if she was going to Journey next week and she said she was supposed to go with the boyfriend..I corrected her, "ex-boyfriend"...she laughed and then said now she wasn't sure what was going to happen...I told her to fuck that guy and go with me...so that's when she said to take her number and text her..and we'll do lunch and then see....we were pretty close at this point talkin' to each other and it got to the point where we could've kissed but I felt it wouldn't have been the right move at that time....if you're not totally feeling it you can't do it...

She then offered to refill my drink...from the bottles on her table which of course I accepted...straight goose on the rocks which seemed to surprise/excite her....one of the two....we toasted to something but I can't remember what...then we sat down on the couch next to her sister....she introduced me....and we kept talking...they asked me if I was going to write about them...and I said, "Of course I will. How could I not?"....I came real close to telling them about this site but that's a big Mazto ball to throw out there...and I didn't think I needed to take that kinda' gamble..no matter how potentially flattering it may end up being.....so I had my hand on her knee and my arm resting gently in between/alongside her legs...the softest, most amazing legs you'd ever want to feel on a woman....I even told her so they were so incredible...and she didn't seem to mind at all which I guess might be the most important part about it....her body was so perfect in every detail....I just wanted to hold onto her all night and wake up beside her sometime the next afternoon....I thought about telling her all the things I was going to do to her...but held back....I played it cool....yeah...that's what I did.....

When I rehashed this whole thing to my buddy from the bar he couldn't fucking believe it...how I ended up hanging out with her...getting her number and so on...I've gone eight strong innings of shut-out ball...now I gotta close...three outs to go....

Oh..and the Run thing...I didn't bring it up...just in case it was her...I didn't want her to think of me as anything but some random guy she just met who had no idea who she was...which was exactly who I was....but she did talk about an apartment she still had in NYC and she lived in Beverly Hills....and then the whole business thing with me being a writer...well...I guess she could be....but...it doesn't matter....at the same time I'm not going to lie...I never do....it would be hilarious if it was her and I ended up on the show...when I got home I looked 'em up on the Net...and I still don't think it was them....so the point is moot...I think...

The only thing I was kinda' bummed about was the way we she said goodbye...she really didn't...I mean she did and told me to text her....but she just got up with her sister and went to say goodbye to someone in front of us...she looked over at me and I finger waved her back over so I could leave her my card...she came back, took it, and that was that...there was no hug or tap on the cheek...which based on how everything went up to then I thought that was a gimme'...so in the end...I have no idea what's going to happen.....IF I ONLY KNEW.....right?

I wrote this the next day...a day where I woke up after only 6 hours of sleep fighting a hangover...but happy...luckily, I fell back asleep for 4 more hours with a smile on my face and a soft spot in my heart for my sensual seductress in white...regardless if I ever talk to or see her again...

P.S. If you're wondering how long it took me to write this post....over 2 hours....obviously, I'm not afraid to put the time in....but luckily, I had a LIVE Bruce concert from Philly in 1999 on E Street Radio to help keep me going... and one other thing that should be noted....I was slightly intoxicated during this encounter so some of how I recall the events and...women...may in fact be a little over the top...not untruthful...but...perhaps with a slightly modified eye and mind under the influence...I was in a pretty good mood having just come from a Billy Idol concert....and things did seem to work out rather well this night in my favor...so all of that contributes to a higher than average...appreciation...pleasure...maybe...I don't know....I'm just saying..I wasn't sober through any of this....

With that said...there's only one more appropriate thing left to say and that's to leave with the words from the song, The Lady in Red....to my lady in "white..."

I've never seen you looking so lovely as you did tonight
I've never seen you shine so bright
I've never seen so many men ask you if you wanted to dance
They're looking for a little romance, given half a chance
I have never seen that dress you're wearing
Or the highlights in your head that catch your eyes
I have been blind
The lady in red is dancing with me cheek to cheek
There's nobody here,
it's just you and me,
It's where I wanna be
But I hardly know this beauty by my side
I'll never for get, the way you look tonight
I've never seen you looking so gorgeous as you did tonight
I've never seen you shine so bright you were amazing
I've never seen so many people want to be there by your side
And when you turned to me and smiled, It took my breath away
I have never had such a feeling
Such a feeling of complete and utter love, as I do tonight
The way you look tonight I never will forget,
the way you look tonight
The lady in red
The lady in red
The lady in red My lady in red (I love you.)