What’s even better, is when I do decide to have sex with Ryle, we
can have it over here all the time and not have to worry about being
quiet.
The last time I spoke to Ryle was when I left his apartment on
Saturday. We agreed on a trial run. No commitments yet. Just a
relationship feeler to see if it’s something we both want. It’s now
Monday night and I’m a little disappointed I haven’t heard from him.
I gave him my phone number before we parted Saturday, but I don’t
really know texting etiquette, especially for trial runs.
Regardless, I’m not texting him first.
I decide to occupy my time with teenage angst and Ellen
DeGeneres, instead. I’m not about to wait around to be beckoned by
a guy I’m not even having sex with. But I don’t know why I assume
that reading about the first guy I had sex with will somehow get my
mind off the guy I’m not having sex with.
Dear Ellen,
My great-grandfather’s name is Ellis. My entire life, I thought that was a
really cool name for such an old guy. After he died, I was reading the obituary.
Would you believe that Ellis wasn’t even his real name? His real name was
Levi Sampson and I had no idea.
I asked my grandmother where the name Ellis came from. She said his
initials were L.S. and everyone called him by his initials for so long, they just
started sounding them out over the years.
Which is why they referred to him as Ellis.
I was looking at your name just now and it made me think of that. Ellen. Is
that even your real name? You could be just like my great-grandfather and
using your initials as a disguise.
L.N.
I’m onto you, “Ellen.”
Speaking of names, do you think Atlas is a weird name? It is, isn’t it?
Yesterday while I was watching your show with him, I asked him where he
got his name from. He said he didn’t know. Without even thinking, I told him
he should ask his mother why she named him that. He just looked over at me
for a second and said, “It’s a little too late for that.”
I don’t know what he meant by that. I don’t know if his mom died, or if she
gave him up for adoption. We’ve been friends for a few weeks now and I still