The Story of Us.....The Call

The Call. To understand the call, you have to understand how I was raised. Girls did not call boys. I was not allowed to call boys. Until about 8th grade, I don't believe I even called a guy friend just to chat. So, even though I was in college & over this part of my life, I still felt odd and out of place calling.
I had determined to call when I went to work. No distractions and my parents none the wiser. I arrived at work to tell my friends what I had decided. My boss at the time said that is strange-someone called looking for you yesterday. She couldn't rememeber who, but she did rememeber the time. Luckily, we had caller ID. So, a few flips back and BINGO, I have what I needed. I was a nervous wreck. I had no idea why. I had called "boys" before. No big deal. Main reason for my tension was I had no idea what to say. No reason behind my call-NOTHING.
The phone rang maybe about 3 times. His mom answered. It was a short conversation. David was out, so it was easy. Now, to come up with a reason later. Much to my disappointment, he never returned my call until the next day.
I received the call while I was in the bath tub. I heard my Mom say No, she isn't available. Okay. Next, she is knocking on the bath room door to tell me that someone called from Northeast, his name was David, he sounds older, and he called you Patricia. I will never forget my mom's next words....."Patty, are you in some kind of trouble?" No one ever called my Patricia, unless it was official. I tried countless times in college to "change" it to Patricia.....No one but David played along. He doesn't call me that anymore, but it is one of my favorite memories.
Really, I do not even know what we talked about when we actually talked. I do remember being nervous. Extremely nervous. Why?? I had no idea and it bugged me to death. Unlike many other guys at the time, David seemed so disinterested. Like he could have careless if I dropped off the face of the earth. At times, no matter how much I flirted with him, it was like it bounced off of him like nothing. Whatever or why he did this, I am so glad. It worked!!