A thriller of a game with questionable calls.
As an example of how amazing this thread is, this is the first multiple page thread ever that I have read each and every word of each and every posting. Simply a thriller in action. The suspense from page one where it all began and page three where we currently are has been fascinating. What we call in literature a page turner! What we call in baseball a cliffhanger, a hell of a game!
Cissy, I don't know where to begin but to say, 'you go, girl.'
Like Sherri, I am baffled about rounding second, but stopped short of third, so I'm going to just say the hell with it and take a stab at what I think you meant, as well as speculate on what it all means. Please take no offense, and for those of you who don't enjoy a good game of baseball, stop reading now.
First base, based on your original post, must be the first date and the kiss good night. Not sure what the kiss good night could really mean, because I've had good night kisses that were just a peck, and I've had good night kisses that were tongue jobs that left me limp and full of desire. Anyway........
Second base would have to mean sitting on the sofa and doing some serious necking. Rounding second, but denied third is a bit confusing. Was he thrown out trying to reach third, or did he safely return to second? Was he caught in a pickle, made a mad dash and slid safely under the short-stops glove to second? Was it even a close play? Or did he simply round second, stop, look, and return to second. You mentioned that he "steamed toward third," and you stopped him, so I'm assuming he actually made a serious attempt at reaching third.
Regardless, it is safe to assume that since he reached second, he accomplished more than a pleasant kiss goodnight, which, as I see it, would be a mere bunt. In my mind, reaching second would have to result in serious erections all around. I only bring this up because it would play into the matter of you being or not being a "straight guy." Obviously, that is not the case. In fact, if you were straight, you would have not asked him if he would consider dating you with you being the girl and he being the guy. Nope, if you were a straight guy you would have kept it simple and simply met and dressed together. After all, straight is straight.
Third? Just what exactly is third base? I would have to believe that third is where most of us would like to get. Obviously a home run, whether it is an inside the ball park home run or a fence clearing blast, would be out of the question for many of us, but a delightful, bench clearing celebration for others. I see third as anything from, between, and to heavy kissing, fondling, nakedness, oral sex; the sequence beginning at heavy kissing and fondling and ending at oral sex, with any stop along the way. I would think that for your friend to reach third base would be an extremely good show of excellent base-running or a good clean hit down the sidelines that caused your outfielder to make a late defensive throw. After all, triples are hard to come by. (Then again, they might be easy to come by, depending on your expectation.)
Whatever. Cissy, I'm thinking that you are in this for what it brings, and it may bring a pennant. Who knows. Nonetheless, I think it only proper to remember your youth and what it felt like to be teased. Your friend is expecting to hit a homerun, and why shouldn't he. If you don't want any sluggers on your turf, then you need to think about calling the game because of rain, because I have to believe that while his intentions may be honorable, there are only so many pitches a batter can let go by before he unleashes a blast to bring the fans out of their seats.
