Call Me Maybe

Luke and I went on our brunch date over the weekend and I’m not going to go out with him again. He talked about himself, again, for the entire date and I was so bored. I told Molly about it when I got back.

“How’d it go!?” She said sitting next to me and handing me a glass of iced tea and plopping down on the couch.

“I don’t think Luke is the guy for me. I told him that I wasn’t looking for a boyfriend and that we needed to stop seeing each other right before we said good-bye.”

Molly had a small little smile on her face.

“How did he react?” She asked.

“He seemed…disappointed…and confused.” I said thinking back.

“I bet he did.”

“What’s that supposed to mean?” I asked.

“Luke isn’t the kind of guy who’s used to being dumped. He’s slept with half of the women in our cast for the show and I know tons of other women he’s slept with in the business from other shows and designing opportunities.”

“Well, then, why were you so happy that he and I got together?”

“Because I wanted you to have a good rebound. I wanted you to be sexed really well so you could move on to bigger and better relationships. I thought getting with Luke for a little bit would get you to move on.”

“But I am moving on.” I said, “Why do you want me to move on even faster?”

Molly looked guiltily before going into her bedroom and coming back with a small piece of paper. She handed it to me.

“What’s this?” I asked looking at it.

“Remember that fireman who told you he’d look for Murphy?”

“Yes.”

“That is his phone number. He gave it to me the night of the fire.”

“Why are you giving it to me if he gave it to you?” I said looking at it again and trying to remember back to that night.

“Because he asked me to give it to you. He told me he knew it would be gross if he tried to pick you up while your apartment burned down and he saw that me, Anna, and Zoey knew you well so he asked me to give you his number and tell you to give him a call if you were interested in a date once you got back on your feet.”

I stared at the phone number for a moment before tossing it on the coffee table.

“Molly, I’m not going to call him, it’s been over a month. It would be too weird. Plus I don’t even know his name and I barely remember what he looks like.”

“Faith, the only thing you need to know about him is that he is a fire fighter and therefore, super hot. What do you have to lose, honestly? You royally screwed up your chances with Brad and Luke is now out of the picture. You could have a clean slate with this guy. No more complicated friends-with-benefits stuff, no more self-obsessed actors. Just think about it, okay?”

“Okay.” I said.

I’m not sure if I should call this fireman or not but I do know that I need to deal with Brad before I make that decision. It would be nice, for once, to not have complicated relationships like Molly pointed out. But wouldn’t it be wrong of me to go out on a date with this guy in the hopes of having a relationship, and not just sex, when I have been insisting the opposite with Brad? Maybe Molly is wrong, maybe I’m not ready for a relationship yet, maybe I haven’t moved on from Sean as much as she thinks I have.