this is one of the reasons why i am so desperately unable to participate in the whole social whirl.
i had essentially given up on the whole lot from my old store - cassy, callie, christian, marcus, val - every one. it seems that i was getting callie on the phone a lot, and she would vent her problems or tell some story and then promise to call me back and make plans, and i would never get the phone call back. suddenly it would be the following sunday, and i'd get her on the phone again while trying to conduct some sort of work-related duty between our two stores. the last time we went out was in august sometime, just after i had moved, and she was insistant that i have a party once i was settled in and made the now-typical reference to 'someday' when she could have a party at her place and not have to hide the fact that she was living with marcus. but since then it's been a giant nothing. i even called and left her a happy birthday voice mail a couple of weeks ago, and heard nothing back. so, as i told a number of people, that was it, i'd had enough. my so-called former friends obviously couldn't be bothered, so fuck them.
i did seek her out on tuesday night, tho', whilst attempting to track down the certainly juicy and as-yet unclarified details of why christian got fired that very day. christian was off hiding with his tail between his legs and probably a ten-dollar-bill poked up his nostril, so no one could get the story from him. we've all been fishing about ever since.
so this afternoon, as i'm leaving work, i find that i have a voicemail from callie saying, "it's the end of cassy's no-drinking year, we're going out to celebrate, christian's coming, j's coming, you have to come to the bar!" wtf?!
i'm going, of course, because i'll be buggered (and yelled at by everyone who's counting on me to find out) if i let this chance to get the story from christian go, but i'm not impressed with the whole thing. don't ignore me and blow me off for weeks at a time and then suddenly act like we're all best buddies again.
i also couldn't pass this up because i'm very curious as to who she said j was trying to get in touch with. her phone was breaking up throughout the message, so i couldn't make it out. i do, however, have one very clear idea of the one part of the old gang who j would end up being responsible for rounding up. and it frightens me. i hope it is, and i hope it isn't. but i can't not find out.
i have to coach for six hours tomorrow. i am going to be *so* cranky when i get up in the morning. but i absolutely have to go. if nothing else, josie will strangle me if i don't come up with the christian story.