The verdict was in five days later. According to Alice's friend, Henry is 'smart, funny and a good person. A 5 star guy.' However, she didn't know what his situation is, whether he has a girlfriend or not.
'Just ask him already!' Alice added.
I thought about it long and hard. At least he wasn't married for twenty years or anything. So, if I were to ask him out, nobody could blame me for not knowing if he was in fact living with someone or dating, how was I suppose to know if he didn't 'advertise' it on Facebook. Or hadn't told me, even though our messaging had been short and not personal. If I asked him out, he would simply be forced to tell me the truth about his circumstances and then I'd know. And he would be flattered, as he should be.
But I noticed that he hadn't been active on Facebook this past week. Nothing had happened on his page, he hadn't liked anything or replied to comments. I thought of the whole year that had passed between him joining Facebook and becoming active enough to reply to my message and suddenly got scared that he had lost interest in Facebook and wouldn't log on for months again! OMG how could he do that, just leave me hanging without knowing what he even looked like! And no way of contacting him ever again.
Oh wait, his mobile number was listed on his Facebook Info page.
So, fueled by the fear that he wouldn't log on to Facebook till next year, and that by then, some cow would have snatched him from me and gotten herself pregnant and everything...I texted him.
'Hey, it's Me. Would you perhaps like to see me in real life sometime soon?'
