“I’m going around town to meet some new friends. They said they would show me what’s interesting in the town and what I should avoid. Overpriced bars, places that pick boring music, some vineyard club in town that really isn’t for me, that sort of stuff.” He finished packing up his water bottles and granola bars, making sure that his flashlight had batteries in it.
“Oh, cool, I’ll go with you! I’ve been looking to find out the city, and that sounds nice.” Amanda started walking over to her shoe rack near the door when Ric interrupted her.
“No! No, it’s too, um…” He couldn’t think of a good reason for her not to go. He wanted her to go with them because he couldn’t help but be attracted to her. He knew she couldn’t go with him, though. “It’s for guys only. We’re making a stop on the way that is a guy’s night bar.” He was terrible at thinking of excuses.
“Okay.” Amanda shrugged and plopped down on the couch, taking his video game controller from him. “But you have to talk to one random person you meet tonight, and prove to me that you did so. Take a video or something, I don’t know.”