How we Met!

The first time we met:
Mae Linh had gone to get Bus Passes with her friends, "The Foxy Four Five", on the same day that Mike had decided to do the same thing. Suddenly presented with five very chatty girls, Mike opened up a conversation about Disney and stuff, but only managed to get the very pretty quiet one to mention that she was technically a sophomore before she went back to pointedly ignoring him. So Mike being ever so persistent continued the conversation. With Keva ;)

The second time we met:
A couple weeks have passed, and Mike, having been told he was "cuddly" the night before (by his mother) had decided that this Valentine's Day was going to be better than all the rest (See that kids? Foreshadowing!). He was therefore going around greeting everyone he met with a rousing "Happy Singles Awareness Day!" Mae Linh also felt unusually good on this S.A.D., and so was looking foward to lunch with her Foxy Four Five. As she proceeded downstairs, through the lobby where Mike was waiting for his friends, she recieved the same greeting.

Being the shining person she is, she pointedly ignored him again.

Upon leaving the dorm, she realized that she had been unusually mean to this poor innocent boy, and was surprised to run into him again at the cafeteria.

Mike, being a generous soul, said "Thanks for ignoring me."

Mae Linh, feeling so awful, babbled apologies for a good twenty minutes, before going back to ignoring him in favor of talking to Jarys. (Mae Linh says this is because they had a class together, but Mike feels it's probably because Jarys is dead sexy.) The conversation turned to auditions for the forthcoming musical, "The Mystery of Edwin Drood". Mike, attempting to join the conversation, said he was going to audition with a song from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

"Vampires?" Mae Linh exclaimed, "I love Vampires!"




We swear we aren't making this up.


Mike quickly jumped on the opportunity, and asked her to join the vampire roleplaying game they happened to be playing that night. (Fate!) So, Mike asked for her number. (Smooooth.) Mae Linh had just recently got on the AIM bandwagon, and was really excited about it, so said "No, but here's my instant messenger screenname." (Shot down!)


Third Conversation: On AIM:

Terran5375: Hey!
WhiteMask1865: Hello?
Terran5375: This is Mike, we met at the cafeteria today?
etc etc, bla bla bla...
Terran5375: So, where you from?
WhiteMask1865: Washington, DC. How about you?
Terran5375: Boston.
(Mae Linh thinks: Oooh, a fellow East Coaster. I shouldn't write that, he'll think I'm stupid.)
Terran5375: Oooh, a fellow East Coaster.

And that's how we knew we were meant to be together.