Connell Barrett
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And my face turns red.
And she's looking baffled.
And I'm embarrassed.
And then seconds later, her boyfriend appears at the booth.
He probably just got back from the bar.
And he gives me a look that says, what the fuck?
What's going on here?
So I apologized.
I said, oh, my God, I'm so sorry.
I sat in the wrong booth.
And I go back.
Meanwhile, Laura is at our actual table, gleefully watching this disaster movie unfold.
She may as well have been sitting there eating popcorn in the front row of a movie.
She loved it.
And Laura has a very sardonic sense of humor, my memory of her anyway.
And I got back, and she was laughing.
She's like, you're as smooth as sandpaper, Connell.
She was laughing, and I just kind of slunk into the correct booth.
Now, to my surprise, that screw up didn't sink me with her.
I thought it might, but actually it didn't hurt me.