sometimes it is a bad idea to keep talking

I stumbled out onto the sidewalk with a catch of the doorframe with my right foot. My exit barely noted by the group outside the Silverlake Lounge waiting for someone other than me.
"Oh hi ......." I smiled my embarrassment to the two girls talking.
"Hello" She offered as if giving out directions or calling out bingo numbers; if you're just calling out numbers and not playing, why bother to feign interest in your own words? I took no offense to her tone as she always ran hot or cold on any given night. No history between us - nothing personal.
"How are you doing?"
The knob was distinctively turned towards cold this night but I thought lukewarm could be coaxed out her.
"Great." Said her blank stare.

"Just great???" served with a smile big enough to fed five and a "tah dah" jerk of the head and shoulders to finish it off. There might even have been jazz hands.
She simply turned to her friend and continued with their conversation.
Clearly I suck.
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