I am petrified that I said to much. Scared her off. Instead I am pleasantly surprised when she replies, “You have NO idea how that makes me feel moondoggie." I wish she could call me by my real name. Doing this feels so dirty and informal and those are two things I never want to associate with Gidge. Surely her real name isn’t Gidget? I ponder over the possibilities. Alexia? Brianna? Cassandra? None of them feels right. It’s almost as if I have it on the tip of my tongue but can’t utter it despite my may efforts.
"Why does this feel so right.... but so wrong." She enters and at first I feel panic flood my weary body. I’ve went to far. Pushed her over the edge. This is where she’s going to say she never wants to converse with me for as long as she lives. I feel a slow devastation ease over me. I can’t believe I just messed up the best thing that’s ever happened to me.
"Wrong in the sense that we shouldn't be doing this through the internet." There is a God! She doesn’t feel wrong about us. She feels wrong about revealing such private thoughts over the world wide web. That’s a notion I can respect. After all if one of the guys read some of the stuff I said to Gidge tonight I’d never live it down. I wouldn’t regret it the least bit ,but I’d rather not have my intimate secrets splashed all over the place for anyone’s disposable.
"Moondoggie... I..." She struggles to find the words to express her feelings. "Does that make sense?" She finishes and I detect her frustration. “It makes perfect sense.” I assure her adamantly. “I want to apologize for going about it the wrong way. You deserve so much better then this.” I counter feeling great shame.
“I just want you to know that talking with you no matter how briefly has meant so much to me. It let’s me know I’m not alone in the world. No matter how insignificant you may consider it I take great pleasure in knowing that for a short time I might have meant something to you. I can live off that for the rest of my life. You’ve given me hope and for that I want to thank you.” I finish unsure of what to say and what not to say. It seems the damage is done. She'll never open up to me again.
