tHe BEgiNNinG

It wasn't as if I set out to meet someone that fateful night. I had been in a good mood, taken a nice hot bath and watched one of the most touching movies, I'd seen in a long time. It had been a while since me and the girls had gotten together to spend some quality time. I was excited, I was ready to have some fun. I knew that we were going to a club I had never been to before, never the less I had heard good reviews about it from my colleuges and some of my friends who had been there before.

At seven thirty sharp, Dana was outside my door. I quickly glanced at myself in the mirror and went out the door.

The club was nice, dark and spacious. I already saw a couple of people I knew from other places I frequented. The music was mellow and I was already starting to feel like I was getting to my "zone." I was relaxed and was starting to feel social. I was sitting next to Halim, a very creative musician and song writer. I hadn't seen him in months and we were discussing the going ons of the whole scene. He had a new song he was working on and he invited me to come and hear it sometime. He excused himself and I was sitting at the table by myself, listening to the band and then feeling the groove.

"Excuse me" he said.
I looked up to see the most beautiful man standing before me.
"Hi," I responded.
"Is this seat taken?" he asked.
"No, help yourself" I said.
He sat down and I couldn't help but look at him, but only for a split second. I noticed he had a stack of CDs in his hands and curiosity got the best of me.
"Are you a musician?" I asked.
He noticed I was staring at the CDs. "No, I'm not. Actually I'm a marketing director for an independent record label."
"Oh really? That's very interesting." I said.
He moved and sat next to me.
" Yeah I love what I do."
"That's good. Where are you from?"
"I'm from New York, how did you know?"
"You don't look like a local and you definitely don't sound like one."
"Is that a bad thing?"
"No, not at all, it's a good thing actually."
"Why?" he asked.
"Because you're fresh meat and I get to enjoy your reactions to things that go along around here. "
He laughed. It was music to my ears. For the next hour or so, the world felt like it was made just for us. I didn't notice anything around me, except him, his smile, his eyes, his scent. It was intoxicating, HE was intoxicating and for the life of me we had never even gotten to the first name stage. Believe it or not I was in love and didn't even know it.