Well, this a funny sweet story so I thought I'd relate.
At my Friday night gig I've got a young singer named Jennifer. She's really good, and has even been to American Idol tryouts. She's also pretty, funny, smart, talented and amazingly very down to earth. She, and her friends come in, rock the house, help out with the show, and have a good time. We've become friends.
Kevin is one of the bartenders at the very same bar. He's smart, works out, and has all the girls at the bar swooning... especially late at night when the alcohol is flowing.
Anywho, one night I made the off hand comment to Jennifer (and she'd been coming to my show for months), "Why doesn't your boyfriend ever come out to see you sing?" I was surprised to learn that she doesn't have one because she keeps picking jerks, etc.
A week later, after closing, I'm talking to Kevin, joking around and I said, "Damn dude, you have GOT to be getting major play working at this bar." To which he responded, "Not really. The girls here are so superficial, it's not worth it." We had an in depth conversation, and I found out this was a deep thinking, easy going kid with something really going on (he is working his way through school).
Flash to a week later. Jenn has had a few drinks, and a bunch of the girls at the bar were flirting with Kevin... it was bad... his face was flush red. Which another funny trait of his... he is a little shy, and doesn't quite know how to handle the attention (ah, the ignorance of youth....). At which point Jenn blurts out to me as she's coming up to sing, "Dang he's so yummy!"
"Really?" I chuckled to myself. "You should talk to him if you think that."
"Aw, he's got girls all over the place, he wouldn't be interested in me."
Well, after closing time Kevin and I are talking again, and I said, "Man, that Jennifer can sing her A$$ off. Pretty too. What do you think."
He got a funny look in his eye, "Yeah, she's something else. Probable a Diva though."
I said, "Not even Kevin. One of the most down to earth girls I know for her age. You should ask her out."
"Na, she wouldn't be interested in me."
"Kevin, Trust the Koyote."
Well, a week later I see Jenn, "Hey Koyote, guess who I've got a date with tomorrow night?"
"Who?"
"Kevin!" Big ol' smile on her face.
"No! Stop playing"
Well, over the last several weeks things seem to have been going well, but I could hear "caution" in their conversations as both seemed cautious about committing too much.
So anyway, last night I walked in to set up... and I said to Kevin, "So how's things going with Jennifer?"
He got a glassy eyed smile to his face, "Man Koyote, I really like her a lot. She's a great girl."
During the night, the two of them sent "cutesy" Text messages back and forth to each other. It was too sweet. "How's things going with Kevin Jenn?" Glassy eyed smile, "Oh he's a great guy, Koyote. I really like him."
Unbelievable. I needed to put this down somewhere so I can write the screen play...
. Hope the "ending" is a happy one.
I'm so sneaky...
Don't know how things will turn out between these two, for now it looks like "young love" is blossoming.
So, should I open a "Karaoke Dating Service" or what? Lol.
