2 strangers at a wedding reception make an unexpected connection. | Reception

bye man you have the right oh this is a good place you can uh take it all wow I'm so sorry I just completely invaded your bubble I'm so sorry oh no don't worry are you sure that in everywhere? more it looked wet i think the sprinklers came on or something that's totally fine thanks paul right yeah the godfather that's right jessie nice to meet you too what side of the family did you say you were on why I didn't, oh, and not well. I mean, I guess technically the Brights came as a chaperone with my friend Karen and it's her second cousin, her niece, she got it.

You have no idea who I'm talking about. No, great, perfect because it doesn't matter at all. Basically, I came as a chaperone with Karen your friend, yeah, and now I can't find her and I don't know anyone else in this, so I retreated to this little hideaway. I can't blame you, what's your excuse for sneaking away from the masses? Don't you have godfather duties or is that all already done, that's done? I just wanted to take a little breather. You know, yeah, I'm in the opposite position from you, in that I know a lot of people here, yeah.

I imagine that might be a little overwhelming. I told myself I was going to be social and meet people, but then, you know, I end up looking at my phone seriously, like every time there's a moment of silence, I just go straight ahead. for my phone, it's actually terrible, I have a problem, yes I know what you mean, oh look at you, you haven't checked your phone once since I sat down, how is this possible? uh yeah I'm trying to

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it better for you and my phone went off like 20 minutes ago oh my god you're just agony I'm dying I bet you have you have no idea I can't believe you're still with us it's a miracle, I use the last of my battery to get here.

So it's okay to talk to someone's aunt, she was, uh, she was sweet, I shouldn't, but you know, okay, how did you get out of this? I made a fake phone call, yes you did, it's actually terrible, how premeditated it was, tell me. First I went to my horrible alarm, I said it for a minute and then you know, I said yes, your alarm, yes, wow, that's very impressive, I'm very good at that, you know, I think I'll have to watch this. Yeah, come on, show me on my dead phone, it's even more challenging, okay, so, you and I are talking, yeah, we have, so what are we talking about?

Traffic, traffic that is good traffic on the 101. Oh, terrible, horrible. The worst thing was that it was a parking lot, it really was and you know what I purposely took 101. Well, you know what instead of the phone for just a second? This is so strange that it's even calling me right now. Hi, yes, I'm still at the

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. I don't know like 11. Yeah, yeah, sure, hey, can you hear me? Yes I can hear you, can you hear me? Yeah, wait, I'm sorry, yeah, let me see if I can. Wow, right, yes, you are a very good liar, Paul, thank you.

I'm sorry, what I was going to do, could you tell me your name one more time, jesse, jesse or jess, that's easier? I don't want you to get hurt and you know what's really bad, please, oh come on, give me a break, who cares? I think you remember someone else's name in this, actually there was a guy named Gene and Gene told me that he liked the way he was armed. Wow, yes, it was as strange as it sounds. You like the way you're fine. Well, thanks Jesse. for being understanding well, you know what you just demonstrated, that you can go from completely full to completely honest in just a few moments, so I'm impressed, thank you, I liked your speech, thank you, yes, yes, it was nice, thank you I feel like that's got to be hard, right?

Trying to figure out what to say, uh, yeah, yeah, I feel like I'd try to be too funny, oh, no, yeah, you can't, no, you can't do that, that's it. the worst, yes, exactly, that's what I would do. Be that girl who talks directly to the girlfriend all the time and only remembers inside jokes and everyone just laughs when she laughs because they have no idea what you're talking about yeah terrible you were good though thanks and what was the little one . part at the end you know you said you said something about dancing oh right yeah you know you said uh you said he finally found someone to dance with oh it was like something internal oh yeah but you can't do that nothing internal right you have than to share it with the rest of the class, it's not even honestly like it's not right, so he's been my best friend for as long as I can, as long as I can remember when, man, when we were younger, I don't even know where I like , be okay. wow, spit it out, he's fine, so believe it or not, I went through an awkward phase in high school.

I refuse to believe it's shocking. I know I wasn't always so confident and I guess what gene would be so disappointed. Where's Gene? He left, I was very shy, that's what I'm trying to say and the first one was the homecoming dance, the homecoming dance was the first dance of the year, you know, and there was no way I was going to ask anyone and He told me that. It's better to go single that way you're not tied to anyone oh okay, so he didn't ask anyone either and he picked me up and we went to the dance, him and me and um standing there with me and us.

We're making fun of all the couples and we're talking about how much better off we are and I want to say this is over like he never had problems with girls. He could have been with anyone and I would look at these girls. When she approached him at the dance they would talk for a second and then leave if she couldn't hear what they were saying over the music and it kept happening like this they would tap him on the shoulder or whisper something in his ear and he would shake his head and then they would walk away and then he would lean towards me and say i can't even find anyone to dance with, yeah me too, i didn't want to leave you alone, we finally found someone to dance with, that's funny, yeah i thought about it, good friend , hmm, you can remain a wallflower forever, of course, and a girl showed up and made you the best man at the

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I see before me.

Wow yeah no surprisingly there was finally a girl's first love and the whole thing God is I'm the best first hmm it's funny she's here you're actually your ex of course she's fine where which one show me you see the one in the white dress yeah wait wait what did your best friend marry your ex girlfriend girlfriend okay yeah wait I know it sounds weird but it's actually really weird yeah I have so many questions I bet when they started dating, how long after they broke up, and how long they were together. Sorry, no, okay, okay, wait, so, six months straight away and five years ago, ah, this is crazy, yeah, I don't know, it's like one of those things happened to them, I guess Which right after us, I mean, probably before.

The end of us, but okay, how are you? Oh, I mean, are you okay? Yeah, yeah, I mean because this is just wow, this is weird and I feel like you could allow yourself to not feel good about it for just a minute. at your wedding yeah, no, I know, I'm sorry, I'm, I'm involved, I'm too involved, no, no, I know it's weird, it's weird, say it, okay, you want to know what the weirdest part is, yeah, of Right, please tell me, okay? I had conversations about tonight her and I about your wedding, yes, but very specific, like what she would look like and what she would wear and the music and this is it, I mean, that's the dress, so I'm sitting here and for a In a split second I'll forget that this isn't mine and that she isn't mine and that this is like our amazing wedding and then I'll see them dancing together and I'll wonder who that guy is, your best friend.

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a really cute couple though, right, yeah, they're so adorable, I mean, I don't see them together at all, really, yeah, no, I mean, wow, what do I know? But I'm sure she's very kind. I just see you with someone, you know, something faster, faster, I think it's okay, yeah, maybe it's Karen sending you an SOS. No, she is my boyfriend. I forgot to answer you. Oh great, oh God, Paul, no, no, I don't have a boyfriend. oh my god, wow your face, oh god, like the life has gone out of you, no, that's it, I just thought it would be funny, I guess not, that's it, no, no, it should have been funny, I thought it would be Well, it's not fun.

I thought it would be so obvious that I don't have a boyfriend. No, I don't know, there isn't. Can you imagine me saying that? Yes, no, yes, that definitely happens. Who are these people? It's true, you're sitting down. you're you're you're talking to someone and you're getting along are we getting along? um that's what's going on yeah oh yeah okay it's nice to know that this is getting along well I've never actually done that I said it out loud before so by the way getting along just means we're enjoying each other's company hmm, you know we have the same thing, we exactly get along, doesn't mean we're flirting, no, no, flirting, that's all? that's it when I'm flirting it's much more charming there's a lot of natural charm that happens totally there's more contact oh okay I read that when people are flirting they touch each other uh for no reason there's so there's unnecessary touching we haven't done anything Not about that, we're fine, we're fine, great, fine, although I'm getting a little worried about Karen, oh, your friend, yeah, I mean, it's been a while, yeah, it's been a while, yeah, I feel like um so Maybe I should go find her, yeah, maybe you should, yeah, maybe uh, yeah, maybe I'll go and do that, okay, yeah, I'll be fine here, yeah, I'll stay here for a while.

Sounds good, hey, thanks for um, I'm sure I'll see you, yeah, in the totally fine, hey, Jess, yeah, do you want to dance? Yes I do, it's okay baby I need to talk to you, we can't stay with me.