Either it was so late when this call came in that I had not picked up, or I was truly as tired as I felt yesterday that I didn’t even hear my phone go off. Nevertheless, the message began and I instantly recognized the caller’s voice.
“Hey Marshall, its Stephanie, just wanting to see how you were doing…um… I know it’s a little late to be calling, but… I was wondering if you had any plans for tomorrow… I’m free around 2:30, so… yeah; call me back when you get this… bye.” My answering machine played back.
Now when the time came in dating, I would formally introduce myself, crack a few jokes; break the ice and whatnot.
This girl named Stephanie accepted my offer to go out once quite a long time ago. I had placed a reserve on a very luxurious restaurant, which I had to admit, was fairly difficult to get into without proper connections and all.