the crazy continues

I don't know how my life retains the crazy like it does. I think I'm a crazy magnet.
So, you all remember the story of the bearded man on the train?  Well this story is along those same lines. As in OH MY GOSH, is this happening?!?!
So this is the story.
Back in June I went down to Rodanthe to watch the Triple S Invitational, it was there I saw this beautiful man. On the DL I snapped a picture of him on my phone and sent it to my sister, with a message to the effect of don't you wish you were here?! :)  He kept smiling at me as I sat there on the stairs as he went out on the water, but then when he came back in from the water, there was a girl there who was talking to him.  So I assumed she was actually his girlfriend, when I left, they seemed to be leaving together, and the car had a license plate saying it was from Quebec. I figured they were down here on vacation and I would never see him again. Oh well.
Not this past Sunday but the one before I was done with work and stopped at 5 Guys for a burger on my way home. Probably only the 3rd time I'd stopped there since moving here. As I walk in the door I see two surfer looking guys sitting at a table waiting on their food. As I sit down near them, once again I snap a picture of complete strangers to send to my sister. (These random picture taking had never occurred before or after these two times.) She sent me a text back saying "You Suck".
I noticed that the one guy had a knee injury and he asked the guy at the counter for a bag for ice to put on his knee. The guy didn't have one, so the surfer guy just grabbed some napkins and put ice in the napkins. I remembered that on my recent trip to the grand canyon, I'd bought an ace knee brace, had never used it and it was out in the car.  So, I stood up and went over to them and asked if he was alright. He said he was, but gratefully accepted the offer of the knee brace. When I brought it back in, they invited me to join them. His name was Ayyoub from Morocco, he was a kiteboarding instructor down in Rodanthe. His friend was Ryan, from England, also a kiteboarding instructor. I told them kiteboarding was something I always wanted to try, so they invited me to come down. Tuesday I went down. When I saw Ayyoub come in from teaching a lesson, I realized with a HOLY SHIT that this was the same guy I had taken a picture of back in June.
We were making plans to do hangout that evening when he remembered that he had a previous engagement. He gave me his phone number, and told me that when my next day off was, call him and we would hang out.  I made the potentially catastrophic mistake of telling him that I had taken a picture of him back in June. He wasn't sure what to think of that was obvious. But, I'm one of those very honest people, and I figured it would be best to tell him upfront rather than waiting.
The next week I was off Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. All three of those days I spent down there with him. From like 2-until 11ish. Monday we hung out with his roommates, he taught me how to skateboard...!! (Me skateboarding?! Crazy talk.)
Wednesday they all went wakeboarding and I shot video of them. He made me dinner and we spent the evening watching movies.  Thursday was much the same as Wednesday but he made this really amazing Moroccan dish for dinner. There was some very interesting talks about his faith. (He is a Muslim.) He was leaving Saturday because there was a hurricane blowing in, and the road would get washed out... He was headed down to Miami for the winter season but would be back in the spring.
He told me about this girl that he fell in love with in Mexico, but that things weren't going well between them currently. He was going to see her in Tuscon Arizona before heading to Miami to figure things out.
I still don't know things currently stand. But I'm going to let him have his space while he's there with her, but once he's in Miami, we'll see. I would never steal him from her, but if they're not getting back together...

I really really like him though. He's really fabulous. We'll see. Everything was so coincidental about our meeting, and the timing that it just has me confused.