I met Billy in February 2001 at a sports bar named, “Eddie’s”. It was taco night and I was having a good-bye drink with my friend, Hannah, who was moving back to New Orleans. This guy kept looking at me from across the room… it was Billy. As my friend and I left the bar, Billy approached me and apologized for staring, claiming that he couldn’t help it! Lol! Anyways, we chatted and he seemed really nice so we agreed to call one another sometime.
Within the next couple weeks, Billy and I had gone on a date, and had a couple casual telephone chats, he seemed to be a really nice guy. My pleasant thoughts of him were about to change...
While at my sister’s house, I noticed this rather large FOR SALE sign in the windshield of my car. On it read, “ 216-6016 Call Anytime!!” I wondered why there was a FOR SALE sign in my car, who put it there, and “Wow, does that phone number sound familiar?”…I get this weird feeling as I dig out my cell phone to check my call list (Billy wasn’t even entered into my phone list yet) AND sure enough….it was Billy’s phone number…I immediately call him and start basically accusing him of being a stalker, I have dealt with guys like this before and wanted nothing to do with someone who would follow me to my sister’s house and put a sign in my car!!!! At the other end of the line, there was silence for a moment (now knowing Billy, he was quietly collecting his thoughts before speaking), he said, “Look, I really like you, but I am NOT a stalker and I did not put a sign in your car with my phone number on it!!” At first I thought he had to be a stalker AND a liar…he doesn’t seem like that kinda guy, but… I start thinking back to who I might have told, and other than my sis, no one had really heard of this new guy in my life…I’m speechless…until…I hear my brother chuckle from inside the house…he has this BIG grin on his face, which means that he is GUILTY !!! My brother is a joker and a prankster and always being funny and goofy! As it turns out, Billy had just sold a car to his cousin, Vicky, my brother happened to be friends with her , took the sign out of her car window and just for kicks, placed it in my car later that day. THAT is how Billy’s “For Sale” sign ended up in “my” car !!! My brother, his cousin, nor anyone else even knew that Billy and I had met…strange…
It might not have been a sign from a stalker, but it was a “sign” that we were meant to be together!!!
Funny! Happy Anniversary!
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