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Enter L. So I did it and he took the moment that my hands hit his to interlace his fingers with mine. There was some prolonged hand-to-hand contact that I was not anticipating, and then I was left wondering … was he flirting with me?

He was certainly agreeing with me a lot, and smiling. He said he wanted to read my scripts, and I said I wanted the feedback. We exchanged contact info and made plans to get together. I just came to network, but I thought I might get even more out of it.

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Or, even better, I might fall for him. Are you a veteran of L. We want to publish your story. After a few days of flirty texting, L. I arrived early and ordered a drink so that by the time he arrived, my awkwardness and nervousness would be minimal.

I had been almost positive this was a date a few days ago, but then self-doubt crept in. He arrived and we got a table. And boy, the conversation was flowing. He definitely seemed interested in me.

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He described his one-hour drama and his feature set in New York City, and I humbly gushed about my comedy pilot. Then he turned the conversation to relationships. More L. Affairs columns. He said his most recent relationship lasted seven years.

Then he moved out to L. That was four years ago, and he had been single, or dating, ever since. He was silent for a minute.

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He nodded his head a few times before sipping his Stella as if he was carefully mulling over my drunken … confession? The check came and we split it. Never a good. We walked down Santa Monica Boulevard together half a block before we discovered we were going the wrong way.

He chuckled as we turned around, guiding my inebriated body with his arm. The contact was brief, but it felt nice and I basked in it.

I thought I was being hilarious. He waited with me for my Uber and we hugged goodbye. I slowly pulled away and looked him in the eyes, awaiting my kiss. But he continued to pull away from me and the car. The night was over. He sent me his pilot and feature and I read them quickly.

I wrote back that I really liked his stuff and would love to get together to talk about it. I took this as a positive. But another week passed without hearing from him.

I definitely wanted notes on mine. Two weeks went by and I knew he was never going to follow up. Did I really go through all of this for nothing? I gave it one last shot.

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But more important, I wanted to be the cool girl who could take a hint and recognize disinterest. I never reached out again and he never reached out to me, either. The author is a writer in Los Angeles. You can find her on Instagram clareshmare. Affairs chronicles the search for love in and around Los Angeles.

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