He Said -She Said, Part II

The truth of the story I'm certain lies somewhere in the middle of the two stories.

It's TRUE we did have a movie date. I was not mistaken about that.

It's FALSE I was stood up. Even in his refusal to admit we had a real date, fact of the matter is --SSG Newsome was stranded in a snow storm. At the time, I had no idea of knowing that.

It's TRUE I hardly talked on our first date but it's FALSE it was because I was crazy and staring off into space. The music was too loud for any conversation. SSG Newsome wouldn't let me get a word in edgewise --he talked A LOT (has barely stopped talking since). When there was a lull in the conversation, I wasn't staring into space but watching the people on the dance floor. What else was I suppose to do?

It's TRUE I went to the HQ's building a lot more than I used to and it's TRUE my intentions were the hopes of running into SSG Newsome but its FALSE I was stalking him or even around him that much. It's FALSE I lingered in his office because most of the time, there were other people in there too. Also, I was trying to play it cool and remember, I was terrified of rank -- even of SSG Newsome, to an extent.

It's TRUE SSG Newsome also availed himself quite often to the SJA office where I worked and it's TRUE they were often quite lame reasons and in fact, one time the JAG NCOIC said to him, SSG Newsome, "Why didn't you just send a Private over here for that?"

After I thought I had been stood up, I went to the HQ's building much less. I still ran into SSG Newsome a lot around the company and such. He also led PT some mornings so we were friendly with one another --but I started to notice that he was also a little friendly with some other females around the company!