Time has never been this fast, looking at my wristwatch reminding myself of on away. Not wanting to spoil me before much-awaited date.
"Hey, Ana, class is over. Get up already."
"Oh...right. Can you come with me to the ladies' room? I just want to freshen up a bit."
" Sure."
I comb my hair and put it up in a neat high ponytail to look more presentable. Re-touching my makeup, I put on light eyeshadow and mascara to accentuate my already long eyelashes. I shape my eyebrows and line my lips with a rosy tint, matching the light blush adorning my cheeks. Taking out my favorite perfume, a few spritzes here and there and the scent of jasmine, freesia, and roses envelopes me. I brush off any dust on my cream-colored sweater paired with a black jumper skirt.
"Do I look okay? Should I put on more lipstick?"
"You look GREAT, stop obsessing with your looks already. It doesn't matter what you look like if he doesn't fall for your personality instead of your face when he's not worth it. "
" That is true. But, appearance always matters."
" Whatever, I still don't like him."
" Brooke, you can't judge a book by its cover."
Brooke rolls her eyes and watches as I try and make myself look more appealing.
Standing a few feet away from the gate, I look at his waiting figure. Even just standing there scrolling through his phone he looks so sublime. Brooke noticing the worried look on my face assured that whatever happens she is by my side then hugs me.
"Don't worry too much okay? If it doesn't work then it's his loss. There are still so many guys out there, Never settle for less."
"Okay...."
Taking a deep breath, I let out most of my worries. Encouraged by her words I made my way to him. "Hi....sorry if I made you wait."
"No it's fine, I just got here my self. So.....you ready to go?". "Yeah , Sure...." I say, barely over a whisper. My heart pounds and tension could be felt in the air. I hear a chuckle and look over to see him covering his mouth with his hand, trying to hold back laughter. "You don't have to be so tensed up." "I'm sorry... It's just that, this is my first date, ever." "Well then, I am honored to be your very first date." Seeing his warm and comforting smile I relax a bit and shyly smiled back.
As we walk to the nearby park, small talk filled the awkward silence. After getting to know him more, I could say I'm falling for him FAST. Captain of the basketball club can play the violin and a dancer?! Come on....it doesn't get any better than this! I might have hit a jackpot! After getting ice cream, we talked and walked some more until we reached a bench by the park's fountain. Deciding to sit for a while and enjoy each other's presence, laughing at our funny embarrassing stories. Enjoying our time in our own little world as the sun starts to set.
"- And then I reached in the aquarium and yelled at the fish " Breath bitch, breath!"
" HAHAHAHAHAHAHA I can't believe you did that!"
"haha, that's what happens after five bottles of beer."
"I can't that ever happening to me hahaha."
" What do you mean?"
" It's just that I don't really drink."
" What are you? A nun? You gotta live life! Tell you what, I'm taking you next week to Drake's party next week and we're going to drink till we drop hahaha." "Um ...I don't do-"
" You should lose some weight you know, I see you're still holding onto your baby fat, maybe that's why no one has asked you out yet." I look at him wide-eyed. Did he really just say that? Am I that fat?
"HAHAHAHAHA I'm just playing with ya."
"hahaha...Good one....had me there for a second."
" Nice outfit by the way, but you would have looked better in a crop top and shorts don't you think?" "Y-Yeah...."
Subtlety covering myself up, becoming insecure from his remarks. why is he suddenly so rude? Maybe Brooke was right, maybe he is the wrong choice. But....this is just the first date, I have to admit, I took the joke quite personally. That's right, it's just the first date, nothing to worry about. We carry on with our conversation and not really minding the time. A notification suddenly came from his phone. " Shit."
"What's wrong?"
" Coach called the while team for a meeting and he probably won't let us go until late because the quarter-finals are coming. I won't have time to do my homework."
Seeing hin stressed made me feel guilty, if he hadn't gone on a date with me he could have finished his work. It wouldn't hurt to help right?
"Umm....do you need help? I could do it for you....I've finished all my work at school so it won't be a problem."
" Really? You'd do that for me?....."
" Sure why not?"
" No its too much, you're too kind. I don't want to bother you."
" It's fine really, I have nothing else to do."
" Are you sure?... Thank you so much."
He hands over his notebooks and for a split second our fingertips touch. I feel sparks shoot up through my fingers and straight to my heart. I try to hide my blushing face.
" I really enjoyed our time together...do you wanna maybe do this again sometime?"
"Me too...Thank you for the ice cream by the way. I would love to do this again sometime."
"Well, I need to go otherwise I'll get another nagging from a coach if I'm late. Thank you again for doing my work."
" It's not a problem. See you again soon."
We wave at each other and go on our separate ways. Smiling like an idiot, I replay our date in my mind reminiscing on how perfectly it went. I hope this works out, then my life can finally be complete.
Put on a fake face, go ahead boy, hide your ways. Always watch your back, he will soon attack.