Ben and I entered the cafe and sat down in a booth.
Ben looked up at me and said "I'm sorry that your boyfriend just broke up with you Nicole. I also have an ex girlfriend and she was a jerk and took away all my chances of having fun and told me to never see her again!!!"
"It's OK. I knew that idiot was hiding something! I just can't believe that he was engaged to another woman and using me for money! Did your ex girlfriend really do that? I feel bad for you." I said.
"Uh never mind..." Ben said pretty nervously and sad.
"So how old are you and what is your life like Nicole?" He asked.
I wasn't sure whether or not I should tell Ben the more detailed things that have happened in my life since we just met, but I thought "Oh well. I guess it's OK to tell him...".
"Are you OK Nicole? You don't have to tell me if you want." He said.
"Oh! Yeah! I'm fine. Sorry but I was just lost in thought I guess. Speaking of my life I am 30 years old and it is sure crazy!" I said.
"Really? What happened?" Ben asked.
"It all started when I was around 3. My parents got divorced and then I was mostly living with my mom. Then a few years later I started to have seizures, but luckily they went away when I had a second brain surgery a few years ago..."
All of a sudden Ben's jaw dropped in shock and said "WHAT?! You've had 2 BRAIN SURGERIES?!
"That was really brave of you." He said blushing a little.
"Thanks. 3 years ago I finally moved out of my mom's house and I was probably going to move in with Brian soon but NOT anymore!!! What I do for work is read books to disabled young adults with Cerebral Palsy and do art projects with them. I also design beautiful wedding dresses at a store." I said.
"Awesome! I'm 32 and what I do for work is teach kids at a camp archery and I also teach a fencing class. They love it!" Ben said.
"Cool." I said.
"When I was 18 I moved out to a tiny island that's pretty far away from here. When I was 20 a grandmother with 2 grandkids came so I moved out to give them some space. I found a better place even further away!" Ben said. I had a million questions but before I asked I looked at my watch and noticed that the time had sure flown by.
"I'm sorry Ben but I got to get home to feed my cat Luna and get ready for work tomorrow!" I said.
"OK. Do you want me to help you find your way home?" He asked.
"Sure. Thanks!" I said, and then we left.
As soon as we got to my house Ben asked for my phone number and I gave it to him.
Last night Ben got me home, I fed my adorable cat, and then I went to bed. Now it's around 12:30 PM the next day. All morning I had been on the couch drawing dress designs for a bunch of women with weddings coming up soon. I was in the middle of drawing the giant puffed out bottom of the dress when my phone suddenly started to ring. My friend Angela had been calling me all afternoon and driving me crazy so it was probably just her calling me AGAIN!
"Who knows. It could be Brian calling to annoy me!" I thought.
I went over to get my phone but when I grabbed it up my phone's screen immediately went black before I could see who was calling! I wasn't sure whether or not I should answer it but I just shrugged and answered the phone.
The person on the phone wasn't Brian OR Angela! It was BEN!!! I was shocked!
He said "Hi Nicole. How are you doing?"
"I'm OK." I said. Suddenly there was a strange noise coming from the phone and our connection was breaking apart.
"Hey Ben! Is there something wrong with your phone? Our connection is breaking apart!" I said.
"Yeah! You're right! I just wanted to call to ask if you wanted to...."
Ben's voice was getting quieter and I could barely hear him. I kept on saying his name but he wouldn't answer. It sounded like there was a giant windy storm over there. Suddenly we became disconnected.
"Hmmm...I wonder what he wanted to ask me?" I thought. Then suddenly I heard a knock at the door!!!! It surprised the daylights out of me!
I ran to the door and when I opened it Ben was there!!!
"How the HELL did you get here so fast Ben?!" I asked.
"Uh...Never mind." He said sheepishly.
"I just wanted to ask you if you wanted to come to the movies with me tomorrow, or maybe even tonight if the movie we choose is showing..." Ben said.
"Yeah! Sure!" I said, and Ben looked really happy and was sure blushing.