USS Clueless: Earth to Timi

Tony bought his girlfriend some things, and we decided to head down to the Tanger outlets down the road from Rockvale. I needed a new pair of Timberlands, so I didn't mind. Going into the Timberland store was a disaster. It was packed with people. Tony became upset with some guy when he pushed us both out of his way. I was like "I think we need to bounce". We left the Timberland store, and headed to this kitchen store where I purchased a George Foreman grill for my brother, and I bought a Crock Pot for my aunt.

After shopping, we went to have dinner at Fuddruckers. Tony and I had a competition going as to who would finish eating first. He ordered a 1 pound burger and spotted me 2 bites on my 1/3 Turkey burger. He still beat me. He's greedy like that. After dinner, we headed back to Delaware. During the return drive home, we had a chance to talk more. We talked about life, music, relationships & other stuff.

We started to talk about his girlfriend. I wanted to know why he didn't invite her to come along. He made up some excuse about not wanting her to see the gift he bought. Ok cool. He began asking me questions about past relationships. He says, "Why did you tell the dude in the Nike outlet that I was your brother?" My response was, "Because you are my brother." He didn't say much else. I did all the talking for the next 15 minutes. Then, out of the blue, he asks, "Have you ever thought of us as more than friends?" I was shocked. I didn't know how to respond, and I was stumbling over my words.

When I gathered myself, I told him that I've never thought of him as more than a friend. I've always considered him as a brother. We've been friends since like forever. Anything other than friendship never crossed my mind. He says, "I don't mean to put you on the spot, but do you think that we could ever be more than friends? You know that I like you. Don't look at me like that. You know."

I didn't know what to say. I tried to piece together a response. I told him that I'd have to think about that whole "more than friends" thing. I'm not ready to wrap my mind around that concept. I can't jump into a relationship with my best guy friend. I'd break his heart. He told me to think about it. I told him that I would. I quickly ended that conversation and changed the subject.

When we arrived back in Delaware, we did some more shopping. We were going to call some friends & ask if they wanted to go to the movies, but nothing of interest was playing. So instead, we opted to play ESPN Football 2k5 on XBox. Tony has an XBox in his car, so he pulled into a parking lot & we played the game. While in the car, the windows were getting foggy. People were driving past, looking at us. Tony said, "Hold up. This doesn't look right." I agreed and wiped the windows off. This one guys (probably an undercover) walked over to us and asked if were ok. When I rolled down the window, he saw that were playing the game. He laughed and walked off. From that point on, I kept the windows down. I'm trying to avoid the appearance of evil...you know?

Overall, I had a fun day. I came home and crashed. What a day.