I dunno. Public relations, marketing, maybe television.
On the production side?
I suppose so. Somewhere behind the camera. I don't think I have prime time face.
You should l
et other people be the judge of that. From what I can see so far, I think you're very pretty. The combination of good looks and good communication skills will give you quite a leg up in that field.
Thanks, she said, tilting the camera up a little higher on her face. She smiled a broad smile, revealing perfectly-straight, pearly-white teeth. What about you, what do you do?
I'm a freelance graphic designer.
So you design websites and stuff like that?
A little bit of that. But I do more corporate work like logos, editorial layouts, that sort of thing.
That sounds interesting, the girl said. I guess we both have an interest in communications of sorts...
I paused for a moment, wondering how much longer I wanted to focus on the professional sides of our lives.
It looks like we share an interest in another form of communicating too. ;-)
LOL. This isn't the kind of communications my profs talk about.
I'm a little surprised to hear that, I said. The world is rapidly adopting new forms of social media every day. Perhaps you can consider this as a type of vocational training.
Except most people who come to this website are interested in only one thing.
You mean meeting people? I teased.
In a manner of speaking...
Are you testing the waters here because of your roommate?
Maybe. I didn't realize I had such a strong attraction to girls until I met her.
Have you shared your feelings with her?
Gawd no. She has a boyfriend. It could get very uncomfortable around here if I came on to her too strongly. We have to share this small room for the rest of the year and perhaps for the rest of our college residency.
Two charged up bodies in a small space can make for a combustible mixture. Do you think she's attracted to you also?
Not by the way I've seen her and her boyfriend go at it. I can't tell you how many times I've come back to my room to find a sock on the door.
Poor thing, I thought. It doesn't sound like she's got much of an outlet to express her real feelings. I better tread lightly.
Maybe you just need to be a little more suggestive when you have some alone time with her. You know, wear skimpier clothes to bed, come back from the shower naked. That sort of thing. If she's interested, she'll soon let you know.
It sounds like you have a little more experience with girls, she said. Are you lesbian?
Now we're getting to the crux of it, I thought. It was kind of fun playing the role of the girl's online mentor.
They say everyone's somewhere on the continuum, I said. I'd say I'm about a nine, but I seem to be moving more to the right with each passing year. Men don't really do it for me any longer.
The chat window paused for a moment as the girl seemed to process what I said.
What's it like? she said. You know, being with a woman?