Today I saw an absolutely beautiful girl wandering around Target just casually browsing for things. First time I passed her I smiled politely and kept it moving. Second time I ran into her she was looking at books. I would have hated myself if I didn't say anything because this is a perfect opening for me as I am a big fan of literature.
I asked her what types of books she reads. She said a little of everything but these days mostly romantasy. She blushes a little bit and says that it's her guilty pleasure. I name drop an author in that genre and ask if that's who she's talking about (Sarah j maas). She laughs and says she's read her but that's not really her thing. She is definitely not local so I ask her if she's visiting. She says yes she's only here for one more day.. I ask where she's headed back to and she says. L A. but she's not born there. (Her volunteering this information led me to believe that she was interested in this conversation). I ask where she was born (seemed like the logical follow up question). She said France (she looked like a light skin black/white chick with freckles). I said wow that's really cool are you a wembanyama fan? (I wanted to punch myself in the face as soon as I said it)
. She says she has no idea who that is, so I explained it a little bit and she said that's cool but she hasn't watched basketball in a long time because she's so busy with her job. I asked what she does and she said she's a flight attendant which is why she's leaving tomorrow. I said that seems like a really interesting job, theoretically, but it must be really grueling and exhausting always on the move like that. She agreed and told me a bit about the pros and cons of her job and how she doesn't think she can do this forever but has appreciated the opportunities to travel, especially to places like Hawaii. I asked her what her ethnicities were because I was curious. She said she's Mexican but lived in France before coming to America, hence her accent (I couldn't detect any accent).
[At this point I mentally talked myself out of asking her for her number since she's leaving tomorrow anyway. I now regret this majorly.]
At this point I heard her phone vibrating and she was glancing at it in her hand. I got a little uncomfortable and I told her it was really nice talking to her and I hope that she has a good trip back. I smiled and she smiled back and said "thanks! It was nice talking to you too". I said "it was nice talking to you too!" (I grimaced inwardly because I had already said this). I then walked away and went to the electronics section
Overall I am happy that I talked to her because if I'm being honest to me she was a 9/10 and normally I wouldn't have even talked to her but she was looking at books which gave me an opening. I'll take this as a win in the overall scheme of things because I tried and it went better than I expected even if I didn't close the deal