Love At It's Finest: Episode 3
Hi all! Sorry I'm just now getting to post this but I guess that's what happens when your proof reader's monitor goes _pllpht! _ Oh well. Here's Episode 3!
I have a date! I've never had the privilege of saying that before (lame as it sounds; I've just never felt that way about a single person I've ever met). And I love saying it! I get a nice, warm feeling in my chest. There's one downside: I've never been on a date before! I don't know what to wear or how to act. Sure, I've read books about romance before but not a single one actually had a full-fledged date in its pages. There's only one person I know of who can help me.
Friday's Even day seemed rushed to me. Whether the cause was nerves from tomorrow's date or something else; today passed in the blink of an eye and I found myself sitting next to Abby in the middle of English, trying to figure out a way to ask her. It might not have been so hard if it wasn't for the fact that after every English class she immediately meets her boyfriend outside of the room and they head to her locker. Usually, I feel the least people know about me, the better. That's why I haven't told anyone I'm gay, even though I think it's blatantly obvious. No, I wouldn't care if they found out, but I'm in no hurry to tell anyone; besides, I doubt people knowing I'm dating Jason would have a benevolent outcome for him. I don't know why, but I trust Abby more than most people I've met; and when you move a lot, that number can get pretty high. The tricky part is telling her without telling her boyfriend, whose name I haven't even learned yet.
"Abby, do you take the bus?" I ask. By now, she's used to me just blurting things out; I do it a lot when following my own train of thought. "Nope." Well, that makes things a whole lot easier. Ten to one, she rides home with her boyfriend. Now that I think about it, I'm pretty glad this is one of those rare occasions where Mr. Frinse has incredibly little planned for this class period and, seeing as how we took up more than half the class time discussing today's quote ("Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric." -Bertrand Russell); for the last thirty-five minutes or so I've completed about three quarters or my work and am now spending the rest of the class thinking of how to ask Abby my question.
Of course, once I came to that realization, the announcements started and I was out of time. Everyone made their mad-dash for the door but Jason, taking me by surprise, wraps his tail around mine a second before getting up. I give him a small smile and start gathering my things. "Abby, I need to talk to you... alone; and it's really important," I whisper in her ear as I reach her. "Okay. Just let me go to my locker first," she replies.
Once school is over, I rush to my own locker and put my English textbook inside. Done with that, I head over to Abby's locker. She tells her boyfriend (who is, apparently, named Eddie) that she'll meet him outside, and follows me to the most private place I can think of in this school: the backstage of the Auditorium. "Abby, I need your help," I tell her. "With what?" By now I've decided to just come out and say what I must. "I have a date and I have no idea what to wear or what to do or anything." All she does is give me an enormous smile and then she says, "Okay."
Hope you all enjoyed! Hopefully I'll have the next installment by this next Friday!