Curious

I'm a very curious person, maybe a little nosey. I love hearing stories. I like being "in the know". However, I don't tend to retell someone else's story, and if I do, I never use names and I'm absolutely certain that the person/people I'm telling the story to don't know and will likely never know the person the story is about. And if by chance they do meet, they won't know that's the person I was talking about. However, if the story is about me or I play a key role in the story, I consider it mine and it's free to tell, unless you ask me not to.

That being said, there's a guy at work who intrigues me and I can't put my finger on why. We'll call him K.O., because he's a Knock Out (grrowl...) and, in case I ever mention him again, it's nice to be able to keep it straight, but I don't like naming names. So K.O. is a pretty good looking guy, close to my age, funny, smart, cheeky, flirty. But he's also a total male slut. He has told me that it's not even a challenge anymore to pick a girl up at a bar and take her home for the night, like shooting fish in a barrel. And I believe him. If we didn't work together and he had tried to pick me up at a bar, there's a good chance I would have fallen for him. Then he would have kicked me out in the morning and I would have felt like crap, and even knowing this I'm still attracted to him. I can't figure it out.

Not only that, but I'm curious about his stories, all his one night stands. How did he do it? How did he get that good or was he always that good? What's his move? Is he actually any good? A ton of one night stands doesn't give you a good idea of whether any of them even wanted seconds. I'm sure there's some hilariously awful stories as well. And while I'll feel bad for the girl it happened to, I still want to hear. Like driving past a car crash and turning your head to look.

I've been told 3 times in the past few weeks that I'm easy to talk to. Maybe it has something to do with me actually wanting to know what people have to say. Maybe it's totally something else entirely. I'm going to try and see if K.O. will tell me his stories. He's with his first girlfriend in a long long time, so I had asked via text if he was still seeing her. He said he was and I told him I wasn't planning on asking him out or anything, I was just curious. He said "why not? am i not good enough for you?". And I told him he intrigues me, but that I'm fairly certain he's a heartbreaker. Plus I really like stories and I think he has some good ones. He told me as long as I didn't judge he'd tell me some.

I'm curious as to whether he would ever consider dating me. I'm not drop dead gorgeous, more like cute with a great personality. Although I've been told I'm way better looking than I give myself credit for. I never want my ego or vanity to put people off though, I try not to seem stuck up or better than anyone.

I'm pretty sure K.O. is just a really big flirt, and likes being wanted. So he's probably the same way with every girl. There aren't very many girls where I work and most of them are older than me so it's hard to judge. I think, that if he ever were to ask me out, I would probably decline. He's a great guy to work with, and always comes through for me when things need to get done. But I don't think I'd be able to trust him with my heart.

Still, I wonder.....