“Lacey” is one of my favorite songs to play. It always brings me back to that night when I met her. I had been out of town on a trip, and, as soon as I landed back home, one of my good friends had texted me while I was in the air saying that there was an informal high school reunion that night, and by “informal high school reunion” I mean me and 40+ of my fellow high school graduates crashing my brother’s bar for a night of tomfoolery. So I get home and get dressed and head over there by 7:30. I pick the table with 15 or so already drunk guys (I went to an all-guys school) and ordered the burger and a Fat Tire. By about 9, everyone had gotten sufficiently toasted, and that’s when she walked in…
Actually, let me back track a little. One of my better friends, we’ll call him John, has a sister that is one year younger than us, and she is literally one of the most drop-dead, gorgeous girls you will ever see. The bad thing was that she knew it. A lot of the guys gave him a hard time by bringing up his sister in the thousands of dirty jokes that went on everyday at an all-guys school. Anyways, also for anonymity’s sake, we’ll call his sister Suzy. So around 9 John and his sister, Suzy, walk in, and per usual she lit up the room as the tables of what is by now 30 guys were staring, but for the first time it seems they weren’t staring at Suzy. She had made the mistake to bring her roommate from college, Lacey. I remember the first time I saw her so vividly. She had this unbelievable silky blonde hair that fell an inch or two past her shoulders. She had these mysterious deep blue eyes. The kind of eyes that could make you melt. She was wearing this sexy, but elegant white dress with some goldish looking belt. Yes, I know “goldish” is not a vivid image, but I’m a guy. I can’t remember everything. But, you know, I’ve never had that moment like in the movies when someone walks in then all of a sudden the background goes black, and all you see is that person in the most seductive look possible with her hair blowing in the wind. I don’t even think that exists, but I have to say that if it did this was the closest I’ve ever come to it.
So I, driven by my liquid courage, “smoothly” approach Suzy, in hopes, she’s going to introduce me to the blue-eyed vixen. Luckily, society has made it imperative to introduce friends to the people you’re with, so just as I had intended introductions were made. I was fortunate enough to end up buying Lacey her first drink: a glass of Chardonnay. Since she had picked a classy white wine to drink, I thought I would match her elegance with… Crown Royal on the rocks. Yeah, I don’t know what I was thinking. Anyways, the rest of our night at the bar consisted of pretty much everything between conversations of philosophy and Rugrats (Yes, the old-school Nickelodeon cartoon) mixed in with some “covert” flirting. Simply put, we had a wonderful evening together. She didn’t end up staying in my life for very long, but there’s no way I’ll ever forget my Lacey.
