On "Still Having It"

My boyfriend recently went on holiday for a few weeks, leaving me somewhat stranded in L.A.  I attempted to entertain myself, with and without friends, with some success.  Actually, I did a lot and did a good job of entertaining myself in L.A. over the two weeks, even though emotionally I was somewhat of a basketcase.

The night before he was to return, I decided to go see 127 Hours by myself.  I dressed up, treated myself to sushi, then headed over to the theater, like I used to in my single days.  My big "Single Girl Night Out" involved going to the same Japanese restaurant and downing plum champagne and spider rolls before heading over to the adjacent movie theater to see a film where I could pick my own seat.  The theater has changed somewhat, so now the seating is a free-for-all.  I guess you can't expect things to stay the same.  Everything always changes.

I got to the theater early, so I sat on one of those long cushy benches to wait for people to filter out.  There were some screens set up so you could watch upcoming movie trailers.

"You could almost skip buying a ticket and come here to watch the trailers."  This guy was sitting on the other end of the cushy bench.  Blue jeans, button down shirt.  He was the only other person hanging around, so I guess he was talking to me.

"Yeah, some of them look pretty good."

He gets up, then walks over to me.  "Hi, I'm John."  We shake hands and he sits down next to me.  John is an architect and lives in Playa.  We chat for a few minutes while he waits for his friend to show up.  He introduces me to his friend, who I honestly don't remember.  They turn to go into the theater, and then John turns back to me.

"Hey, I never do this, but you're kinda cute.  Can I have your number?"