Page 10 of Finding Finn
“You should ask him out.”
“He’s my boss, dude.”
“He’s my boss, too.”
“Yeah, but your brother isn’t trying to play matchmaker. My sister is.”
“He doesn’t know anyone. You could introduce him to the community.”
“You know more gay people than I do.”
“Once again, we get to the reason you’re still single. It’s starting to get embarrassing.”
“He has alotof ideas.” I whistled.
“That’s a bad thing? See – crotchety. You hate change.”
“I don’t. I just hate change for the sake of change. It’s stupid to change something before you know why it’s the way it is.”
“Is this really about painting the stupid train?”
“For one example,” I scoffed.
“Why is it red?”
“Ok, maybe that’s not the best example.”
“God, you are so annoying. Just invite him out for a drink.”
“Isn’t that where we’re going?”
“Momma needs her juice. You think he’ll find the place ok?”
“He just needs to walk down Main Street. If he can’t find it, then he really is a moron.”
“Try not to scare him away, ok? I like him. I think you will, too, if you just give him a chance.”
“It’s just frustrating. He gets hired to run the place with absolutely no knowledge of what he has to do. We’re going to have to teach him everything.”
“It’s our job. Besides, I’m happy to take on some extra responsibility. I have a degree in business for a reason, so budgets, forecasting, and grant writing are right up my alley. It takes a community to run a community theatre, dumbass. Give him a break.”
“What will he actually do, though?”
“Well, he’ll start out by directing Annie as he learns about everything else. Besides, having someone who’s been on Broadway in charge of our theatre doesn’t hurt. It could actually help us with the fundraising. God, you really are Debbie Downer. Stop it.”
I sighed. “I’ll try, ok? I’m just…”
“Crotchety? I know. Maybe you should introduce him to Ben and Percy.”
“Oh, he’ll meet Ben. I have a meeting scheduled for next week.”
“Oh, yeah. The resort. I forgot about that. We definitely need to plan on doing that for the operating budget. Another hundred thousand a year would really help us. Ok, here we are. Now remember, please be nice.”
“I’ll even give him a hug,” I smirked.
“I wish you’d grab his ass. You really need to grab someone’s ass.”
“I think you just want me to get arrested for assault. Not all gay guys meet and fuck right away, you know.”
