> > The bus continued on its route, finally arriving
> at the main stop downtown. By this time, despair
> had set in. Don knew that now there was a good
> chance that he could get a seat near the REALLY
> cute girl, but with only one stop left before he
> had to get off, he decided that it would not make
> sense to try and start up a conversation here.
> Instead, he took a seat in the front half of the
> bus. When he pulled the cord to indicate his
> stop, he realized that he would walk right past
> her as he exited the back doors of the bus. He
> decided to leave by these doors anyway.
> >
>
> AAARGHHH! Quit overthinking things (like me).
> There is always time for a nice word or comment.
> Maybe it will help you if you view this as a
> potential friendship first instead of a romance.
> It would be fairly painless to sit near her and
> ask, without sounding like a goob, "I've noticed
> you reading Harry Potter. Would you recommend them?"
>
> Go for it.
>
> Fer"Never has to do anything like this again,
> hopefully"rick

Hmm... That one sounds pretty good, actually. Its along the lines of what I was thinking anyway, but could be used in a short time frame...

Don "Ferrick is my wise advisor, apparently" Monkey