Went to a lot of panels, spent a lot of time on the floor, did a little shopping, and spent time with my family and friends. Had a fantastic time.
Saturday night, I went to the Darkside Grotto Party. Normally, what happens at Darkside Grotto stays at Darkside Grotto. Eff that, I'm going to tell you what happened. I wasn't going to go to the party. I didn't have any money to pay the cover, I didn't have money to pay for drinks. I had gotten up early in the morning to drive out to the con, and I had been there all day. I was tired, but I had missed enough parties and opportunities that weekend, I couldn't let another one go by. Plus, my family said: "YOU ARE GOING TO THIS PARTY!" So after the Carrie Fischer panel, I put some make up on in the bathroom, threw on a dress when I got in my car, and went over to the party. Thankfully my friend had paid for my ticket and got it way before anyone else got there. Thanks to her so much, because I might not have gotten in so quickly and things could have turned out differently.
When we arrived we joined some people my friend knew. Friends of friends of friends... all these geeks. It's amazing walking into a room and knowing automatically that you have something in common with EVERY SINGLE PERSON in the room. You could find something to talk about with everyone. Most people don't get to experience this.
Got to the bar, and stood with the group. Across from some guys, and one in particular catches my eye. I look at him, notice he's looking at me, look to my friends to see if they are going to introduce us, they aren't, I look back to him and try to think of an opening line, and he goes and introduces himself. We spend the next few hours talking. As well as we can in the loud club with pole-dancing GoldenBikini!Leias dancing right behind our heads. We smile, we flirt, and then we dance... well... dancing turned to grinding turned to making out on the dance floor.
We have a great night. DSG* walks me out to the car and we exchange numbers, take pictures, and make plans to meet up the next day. We go to a panel the next day, kiss each other, and then say goodbye. I say "Please text me" and he says "You're not getting rid of me that easily." I smile and have a hard time watching him walk away... then we start texting the next morning and haven't stopped since.
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