Meetup on Erie

[DraconAUT]

John carefully listened to her the words which explained the reason and source of her sorrow, closing his eyes for a moment. A frown appeared upon his forehead, as he heard her story. Making his date cry on the first date was not really what he was aiming for. Bad idea...bad sign! How could he be so foolish to ask a sensitive topic, knowing what exactly happened piror? God damn John, you're an idiot! Thoughts like these and a few similar self blaming lines went through his mind. Slowly opening his eyes, he set the sandwich, which was still in his hand, down aside, back on the plate, while he pondered how to possibly answer and reaction upon this situation.

Finally, after a few more moments, he dediced to speak. "No... no you're not messing up our date, not at all. Dates are about getting to know each other better. Now I've met the sensitive side of your personality. Making your first date cry usally is not the classic goal to achieve, but who said that everything should remain predictable?" His voice kept a calm and gentle tone, as he tried to be empathic, yet it wasn't hard to miss hearing the hint of humor and joke in his voice, as he was trying to ease up the whole sad, negative tension. He leaned slowly forward to make her notice him changing the position, as he slowly stood up, only to move around her, until he faced her "We all mess things up... I've done so, my colleagues have done so, my friends have done so, my enemies often do so as well. All of us make mistakes, it is part of our nature..... Some mistakes have harsh consequences, some can
not be forgiven or forgotten, but many have slight or no consequences at all, and they can be forgiven
and forgotten." His left hand reached for hers carefully, grabbing it only slightly and softly, while his right
hand slowly brushed along her cheek, in an attempt to comfort her. Remaining silent in a brief break, he'd
soon start to speak again.

"Look, the space is a dangerous place. Anyone moving up there exposes him or herself to a potential danger...The situation you refer as unnecessary danger is one of the possiblities that can occur, randomly." His shoulders shrugged slightly as he kept talking."Don't blame yourself for a situation that was never meant to be in your control. It was a tensed up incident, yet with a little distraction here, lots of talking there, everything turned okay, and noone of your friends got hurt. I am pretty sure it will be forgiven and forgotten soon, if not already." A reassuring smile appeared on his lips, while his glance was fixed upon her eyes, looking deeply into them. His right eyebrow quirked as he thought about her situation with Nick. "As for Nick... he seems to be a good guy, trying to protect you and prevent you of turning your, in temper and heat of the situation created reactions into real actions. For the sake of both, you and your company. Sometimes there can be missunderstandings, expections which are not met and which result into a disappointment, but time tends to heal things. An honest apology, and some time spent together, at work or in free time, can fix things too. I'm sure it also is already forgiven." His thumb gently rubbed along her cheek, wiping away the small tear, as he kept once again, an expression of sympathy on his face.

"You're not a bad person. The fact that I am dating you, confirms this, along with the guilt you are feeling and the worries that remain in your mind. You make mistakes, you learn of them, you try to improve and avoid them next time. Alright? Now...aside of my long lasting speech of the good and bad sides of human nature and the dangers of the space.... I must say, the blue hair color really fits you well. Though my favorite color is green, yet i am not colouring my hair green, so I couldn't possibly notice the obvious hint of you liking the color blue most." Chuckling amused, he grinned slightly, hoping his words and reaction upon this situation solved things and made her feel better.