_____Skylar
Lab Technician
Re: Eric & Calleigh #25 --Traffic-Jam In The Pleasure Grotto
Eric might be just as scared as Calleigh. As confident as he is around women, he's never really been in love or this serious about anyone (that we've seen).
I think the difference is this: Calleigh wanted to date Eric, while Eric saw a serious relationship. So he wanted to take his time and court her like you do when you're courting someone you're serious about: slowly and proper. While Calleigh is pretty retarded when it comes to relationship, so she didn't get that. She waited forever for Eric to kiss her or something, and when Jake did instead she instantly started dating him, without giving their bad past a second though. It was very, "oh, he kissed me, so I guess I better date him, cause this other guy isn't going to make a move."
I wasn't really mad at Eric for not making a move when he did. Remember that this all happened in the span of a few weeks, and he was probably trying to make sense of it. He didn't wanna jump into it with his eyes closed because this is Calleigh, not some bubble headed floosey. It needed to be done right. Calleigh gave him a window, but it wasn't at a time when he was comfortable or felt confident. I think it was just a lack of communication. They were so busy playing eye-footsie with each other that they didn't stop to think, wait, what is this? I think Eric did, but while he was trying to figure it out, Jake came in and then it was too late. Of course, by then he wanted Calleigh and was ready to make a move, but then she got scared.
This is very OTP-ish behavior, which is why I'm not too worried. Look at all the big couples - Mulder & Scully, Ross & Rachel, etc - it's the same song and dance.
Eric might be just as scared as Calleigh. As confident as he is around women, he's never really been in love or this serious about anyone (that we've seen).
I think the difference is this: Calleigh wanted to date Eric, while Eric saw a serious relationship. So he wanted to take his time and court her like you do when you're courting someone you're serious about: slowly and proper. While Calleigh is pretty retarded when it comes to relationship, so she didn't get that. She waited forever for Eric to kiss her or something, and when Jake did instead she instantly started dating him, without giving their bad past a second though. It was very, "oh, he kissed me, so I guess I better date him, cause this other guy isn't going to make a move."
I wasn't really mad at Eric for not making a move when he did. Remember that this all happened in the span of a few weeks, and he was probably trying to make sense of it. He didn't wanna jump into it with his eyes closed because this is Calleigh, not some bubble headed floosey. It needed to be done right. Calleigh gave him a window, but it wasn't at a time when he was comfortable or felt confident. I think it was just a lack of communication. They were so busy playing eye-footsie with each other that they didn't stop to think, wait, what is this? I think Eric did, but while he was trying to figure it out, Jake came in and then it was too late. Of course, by then he wanted Calleigh and was ready to make a move, but then she got scared.
This is very OTP-ish behavior, which is why I'm not too worried. Look at all the big couples - Mulder & Scully, Ross & Rachel, etc - it's the same song and dance.