Mara S.

Our first meeting, Our first date (told by Nikki)... Mara and I met at New Moon, Ft Lauderdale’s lesbian version of Cheers.  We ran in different circles of friends, but I have known her best friend Erica for years.  I stopped to say hello to Erica one night and Mara was with her, and we were briefly introduced.  I had seen her around before at the bar and on aquaintances’ MySpace pages, but we had never actually spoken.  The next night I was at Elements, a ladies dance club, blowing off some steam because I was about to lose my mind studying for my qualifying exams and I ran into Erica again at the bar.  She told me straight out that her best friend Mara thought I was hot and I figured I needed to check this situation out, cuz I was intrigued by Mara.  She had (and still has!) a fun sense of style and a cool vibe about her.  So I found them on the dance floor, and started dancing with them.  Mara was being shy so Erica did what any BFF would do, she shoved her right in front of me... Mara is a great dancer and I was having a lot of fun.  I was feeling silly and a lil saucy and somehow had acquired a glow stick, which I proceeded to stick down Mara’s pants ... I figured she’d either laugh or slap me (I was betting on the laugh though).  What she actually did was take it out of her pants and stick it down my shirt... You better believe that made me smile, but I kept it cool cuz a noisy dance floor is no place to get to know a girl... I left after a little while to find the friends I’d come with, we didn’t exchange numbers but I intended to send Mara a message the next day on MySpace.   So cut to the following day, I visited Mara’s MySpace page and was totally smitten.  I just got a good feeling about her after seeing her favorite books and music, reading her interests, and appreciating her love of the cute but sarcastic Happy Bunny.  She is also gorgeous and has quite possibly one of the hottest tattoos I’ve ever seen (all big bonuses)!  So, I sent her a message thanking her for the dance, asked her some questions, and inquired if she wanted to play tennis sometime (because I’d misread her page - she said she liked to watch girls play tennis not that SHE liked to play tennis).  After that I compulsively checked my MySpace messages throughout the day, hoping she’d write back!  She FINALLY did (ok, I’m being dramatic because it was within 24 hours) and we started an online conversation.  We kept that up for a few weeks because I was on lockdown getting ready for my exams... My exams ended on Friday August 18 and our first date was on Sunday August 20... we had a late lunch and easy flowing conversation, and we shared dessert (this is a fine attribute in a woman!)... then we went down the street to shoot pool, which neither of us really excels at, but it was a great time!  I think it was my longest first date ever - it didn’t end with a kiss, but it did end with a lot of anticipation for the next time...