"Strike!" I stood in front of Jarold as I did the third strike while he's watching. He just rolled his eyes after seeing that happen. "Tss.. Don't be so confident! This is just your lucky day, that's why." He said while laughing. So, I smirked at him. "Lucky day, you say." I replied. "You're just weak when it comes to this sport." I added while giving him a teasing look. Out of nowhere, I felt my phone rang inside my pocket. So, I brought it out of my pocket to check on it. "Shit.." My eyes widened as soon as I saw who's calling. Jarold stared at me while I'm in the middle of panic. "Who's that?" He said while looking at me. Then, I checked the time and realized that it's time for me to go to that blind date set up. I shook my head as we both continuously hear the sound of my ring tone. "It's dad." I said then looked at Jarold. "Answer it immediately. He will surely get mad at you if you will ignore his call." He replied. So, I took a deep breath and pressed the green button of the call entry. "Yes, dad? Good evening." I greeted as soon as I answered his call. Then, I saw Jarold whispered, "Turn on the loudspeaker.." He said while doing hand gestures. So, I pressed the loudspeaker on for him to hear our conversation. "Where are you, Liam?" He replied. "Uh.. I.." Then, I looked at Jarold while thinking about a reasonable explanation. Jarold shook his head after that. "Come here now. Before your partner arrives, you should be here already!" He said. I can feel that he's starting to get impatient of me. Then, I saw Jarold did a hand gesture telling me that I'm in trouble because of that while silently laughing and teasing me. I shook my head after hearing those words from him. "Yeah, I'll be there ahead of them." I replied. Then, he hang up the call. So, I put down my phone after that. As soon as the call ends, Jarold laughed because of what he heard. "Enjoying bowling, huh?" He said while teasing me. I rolled my eyes after that. Then, I started to get my things and stood up. "Where are you going?" He asked. "I have to go there, now. He will get mad if I'll come late." I replied. Then, he started shaking his head while giving me a teasing look. "No, you still have to prove yourself. Let's play another one!" He said. I just rolled my eyes and started walking. Leaving him on his spot. "Don't tell me you're leaving me here?" He said while shouting. As I continue walking, I raised my hand to say goodbye to him and proceeded to our meeting place.
I went to the parking lot to get my Blaze there and pressed the button of the remote to open the car. I went inside and turned in the car key to start the engine. I have to move fast because my dad will surely get mad at me if I came there late. As soon as the engine starts, I immediately went out of the parking lot and proceeded to where I'm heading to. As I drive, I set up the sounds to listen from the soundtrack of my phone. I always do this every time I went out driving with Blaze to make me enjoy the travel. Because, there were times that I get impatient when the traffic jam starts. Good thing that right now, the flow of the traffic is not heavy. So, I'll have more time to travel all the way there.
"You've finally arrived." Blaze said as a notification for me to know the place because I'm not familiar with it. As soon as I heard that, I immediately went to the parking lot to park Blaze there. As I finished doing it, I went in the other entrance of the place to find where is that restaurant. I'm in the middle of my walk when I heard my phone rang again. I rolled my eyes after that. Then, I immediately answered it. "Liam? Where are you?" Dad said. "I'm here already, I'm coming." I replied. Then, he hang up again the call. This man is really too specific when it comes to calls. As soon as he already said what he wanted, he will end up the call instantly. There's no sign of saying bye or what. So, sometimes, you will misunderstood him because of that.
I'm in the middle of my walk when I bumped into a girl who's walking without poise while looking around. When we bumped into each other, she instantly reacted and looked at me with a glare. I raised an eye brow because of that and looked at her. "Watch where you going!" She said while staring at me madly. So, I looked at her with disbelief. "Look at this girl.. Excuse me, Miss. You are the one who bumped me. I think I should be the one telling you that." I replied while giving her a serious look. She just rolled her eyes and ignored me. Then, she started walking away without even saying sorry. I looked at that girl with disbelief. "Such no manners." I whispered to myself as I look at her walk away. Then, I checked my wrist watch to see the time. "I have to get going." I said to myself then I continued walking.
As soon as I finally get to our meeting place, I saw that dad and a couple are sitting on one of the tables inside the restaurant. Dad looked at my direction and told me to come in. So, I walked calmly and proceeded to their place. As soon as I stood in beside them, I greeted dad. "Good evening, father. I apologize for being late. I'll be responsible next time." I said while looking at him. Dad just looked at me with a blank expression. "Is this, Liam? Your youngest?" The man who's sitting in front of dad said while looking at me. "Yes.. He's Liam." Dad replied and looked at me. "Liam, they're the parents of Alexa, the girl that I've told you about." He said while looking at me. I stared at the both of them and greeted them. "Good evening to the both of you. I'm sorry for being late. I just hope you give me a chance to prove myself next time." I said while looking at them. But, at the back of my head.. Why am I trying so hard to win these people? I really don't like this blind date set up anyway. "Oh.. No, son. Actually.. We apologize because our daughter will arrive late, but I can assure you that she will come anytime soon now." The woman said while smiling at me. I nodded after hearing those words from her. "Have a seat, son." The man beside her said. So, I sat beside dad after that.
We're in the middle of our conversation when a young lady stood before us. She's catching her breath. "Mom, Dad.. I'm sorry I'm late." She said while still catching her breath. Her mom stared at her with disbelief. "Alexa.. Where have you been? We've been waiting for you to arrive, especially Liam." Her mom said while looking at her. So, Alexa looked at me. I smirked at her while staring at her. As soon as she looked at me, her eyes widened. "You?" She said while in state of shock. "Tss.." Is the gesture that I said when I saw her. I knew what will be the result of this. This will be a 'No,No' for me. "You knew each other?" Dad asked while looking at the both of us. I remained silent because of that. "He's the guy whom I bumped into a while ago while walking outside." She said while looking at me with a glare. Alexa's mom held her wrist and tried to pull it gently. "Alexa, stop staring at him like that." Her mom whispered. Alexa tapped her mom's hand slowly. "Is he going to be my blind date? Looks like we're going to have a problem with that." Then, she looked at me from head to toe. What is her problem? So, I laughed with disbelief after that. "Alexa.." Her dad said with an authoritative voice while looking at her. Alexa looked at the both of them. "What? I'm just being honest. Since, we needed that as a first impression for each other. Am I right?" Then, she looked at me. This girl is really getting on my nerves. She's humiliating me in front of them. Then, dad suddenly laughed. "Your daughter is really straight forward huh. That's a good thing for a woman like her." Dad said. As soon as I heard him say that, I looked at dad. Is he agreeing on what this girl is saying? Then, dad looked at me. "Liam, you have to take care of this girl. You can't find anyone like her." He said. "Dad.." I replied. But, before I could say another word, dad glared at me. I just shook my head after that. I think I'll have headaches again because of this. Then, the three of them including my dad stood up and looked at me and Alexa. "So, we'll get going now. We'll leave the two of you for you to have a quality time with each other. Am I right?" Dad said while looking at Alexa's parents. They both nodded. "As for you, Liam.. After the date.. Make sure to send Alexa home." Dad said. "But..", "No, buts. You have to be a gentleman." Dad said while looking at me with a serious expression. I just took a deep breath after that. Then, the three of them left us here and walked away.
"Hey, look.. We don't have to do this." I said while looking at Alexa as she sat down and took a sip on her drinks while looking outside the glass window. "Yeah.. I know. Just act as if we both enjoyed the night." She replied. So, I looked at her with disbelief. "What's wrong? Why are you suddenly mad at me? I didn't do anything to you either." I said while looking at her. Then, she looked at me after that. "Let's just say that I don't like you to be my blind date." She replied. So, I laughed with disbelief. "As if I liked you to be my blind date as well? I don't have any other choice but to follow my dads orders, that's why I'm here. And.." Then, I looked at her from head to toe. She raised an eye brow while looking at me after that. "I don't like women of your type. So, there's no chance of us working this thing out." I said while smirking at her. What does she thinks of me? Too weak not to fight back to a girl like her? No way! She's not even that beautiful and sexy to act as if she owns the world. So, she stood up. "Well, then.. Let's go home." She said while looking at me. "Yeah.. That sounds great." I coldly said while looking at her. So, I stood up as well and we both walked all the way to the parking lot for me to send her home.
As I opened the door of the mansion, I saw Jarold on the bar corner of the house, drinking champagne again. As soon as he saw me enter the house, he asked. "So? How did it go?" He asked. I shook my head after that. "I just hope that I didn't go there. I just wasted my precious time." I replied. Then, started to get a glass of water in the fridge. Then, he laughed after that. "Why? What happened?" He asked. I took a deep breath and looked at him with disappointment. "You wouldn't believe it, I'm telling you." I replied.