Chance Encounter Part 3

A few more months go by. She hasn't dated anyone in all that time. She's been working on herself, which is exactly what she needs to do.

The summer hits, and with it comes a slew of blockbuster movies hitting the big screen. There's one movie in particular she wants to see because she's such a fan of the original: Planet of the Apes.

She asks around, seeing if anyone wants to go see it with her. Everyone is busy with vacations, picnics, and family gatherings for weeks on end. She's ready to just go see it by herself.

Then Kim calls her and tells her that she mentioned it to Harry, and he said he wanted to see it, too. Kim passes his number along to her, and she rings him up to pick a day to go. They decide on a Sunday in the middle of the afternoon.

It's most defnitely not a date. Planet of the Apes at a Sunday matinee does not scream romance.

So Sunday arrives, they solidify plans, everything's all set. Until her ex calls. He has nothing to do that day, so he's decided he wants to go see the movie after all. Hmmmm. Does this have anything to do with the fact she's going to see it with Harry?

All three go. Weird? Yes.

The movie ends, and they decide to go and shoot some pool. When they arrive at the pool hall, they come to find that it's also Karaoke Sunday. Interesting.

The ex spots a girl he's been trying to date up at the bar, so he leaves her and Harry alone. Finally. They drink, shoot, have a few laughs, wax philosophic, the whole nine yards. Things are going very well after all.

And then it happens. No, not a kiss. Something completely out of left field. He asks her to sing a karaoke song with him. Huh?

Come to find out, he's a karaoke whore. He used to hit karaoke bars 3 or 4 times a week with a friend. She totally didn't peg him for the sort, and, well, she's never done it before. She sang in front of crowds when she was younger, but he doesn't know that.

At first she says no. She's a little rusty. So he does what any other man would do. He tries the jealousy tactic.

There's a girl at the bar he knows. She used to date his best friend. He casually mentions that he'll ask her to sing with him instead.

And just like that, she becomes a karaoke queen. The song: Summer Nights from Grease. Totally cheesy but totally cute, especially when he changes one of the last lines to "Wonder who she's doing now", which gets a huge laugh out of the bar crowd.

They're both very impressed with each other. And all of a sudden, the sexual tension surges. And they kiss.