My "Non" Date

Sounds kind of funny doesn't it, but it was what it was, a non date. There's this guy who I've known for a couple years. We had a strange and short courtship that ended with me wanting more and him wanting less. We remained peculiar friends, not ever really knowing how to be around one another. Shortly after, he introduced me to his best friend, who's name is James. It was a brief introduction and one that I didn't really think much of cause I didn't see him again for a long time after that.
Until of course I went to Riverside, California. Turns out this guy James was one Elder Holstein who had been called to serve in the CRM (California Riverside Mission) six months before I was. We again only spoke briefly to each other on several occasions. Then three months before I returned home I went back to Moreno Valley and Elder Holstein became my zone leader for six weeks. Funny how small the world is. He returned home but this time I had a feeling I would be seeing him again. Sure enough a couple weeks after I returned home our mutual friend came up to me and said, "James is coming to visit."
I was pretty excited to see him. To see someone familiar from my mission. Holstein is a cool guy but seems to like staying in the background. Doesn't really make himself a spectacle so when I saw him for the first time since he left it was funny to see him jump out of my sight almost like he was afraid to see me. I got invited to go over to their house and we played some games and got to catch up on some things.
Knowing he would be spending the day alone the following day I asked him if he wanted to do anything. I could take him around and help him get things done if he needed it. He said sure and we ended up spending the whole day together.
That night there was a Luau for the Institute. It was fun but after only being there for 45 minutes I was ready to leave. I don't know what it is but I don't like going to social events unless I have some sort of purpose in being there. My best friend Katie and her husband David showed and up and saved me by asking if I wanted to go see chronicle of Narnia. It was perfect but I also knew James would be hanging out at home by himself because our mutual friend, who's name is Dallas, was planning on going over to a young lady's house and basically ditching his friend who traveled several states away to see him. So I asked James to come with us. He did and...Well...lol...it was cool. It was lots of fun and we laughed and enjoyed ourselves. Poor James though was pretty much just caught up in all of our madness, but the movie was AWESOME. He was glad he came but still my friends are a little nuts.
So that was my non date. And it was with an elder from my mission. It was a cool weird type of thing.