Two Dates in One Night!

"Y-You look amazing", he said.

"Why, thank you David, you don't look bad yourself", I responded.

As he held the car door open for me, I sat down, and waited for him. He went around, opened his door and as soon as he got inside the car I was smacked by his hypnotizing smell. He always had a breathtaking scent, even after gym class. It’s a combination of detergent and a subtle but exotic, masculine smell. Whatever it was, I loved it.

"Inhale......Exhale", I reminded myself again, because not only was I going on my first date with my biggest crush in school, but also with the hottest guy in school. How did I manage to pull this off? I have no idea. All we had were two classes together and had only exchanged a few words. I always had my eyes on him and daydreamed for this to happen but when he approached me after gym class and asked me out, I couldn't believe it. I just stood there like an idiot and nodded my head. However, that was not the embarrassing part of this story at all. Not even close. So how about we fast-forward to thee most embarrassing moment of this story.

We had already arrived at the movie theatre and we were in the line for snacks. I chose my usual, small popcorn, sour patches, and my strawberry slushy. It was the premiere night of ‘Fast & Furious 6’. I loved the series. The entire story, the actors, the actresses, the action, and comedy. I was also a fan of Mr. “Dreamy Eyes”, Paul Walker. So, I can’t lie, I think I was much more excited than my date was. Oh boy I keep getting sidetracked, ok, back to the point of this story. So, there we were, seated in our seats in the middle of the movie theatre. The lights were still on and it was still not as full. We were recapping the last five movies, discussing our favorite scenes, and laughing about the reasons why. I can tell he was a little nervous, like me, by the way he avoided eye contact and kept tapping his feet, which brought to my attention that we had way more in common than what I had daydreamed.

Then then lights started dimming down, that’s when I realized two crucially important things. One, I needed to use the bathroom. Two, I had no mints or gum. Seriously, how off was I? I mean, imagine being in the perfect place to make out with the guy of your dreams but killing him with your bad breath instead. Specially after eating all that junk food. Wait, I am doing it again, this was not the embarrassing moment either. Let’s go back to my realization. I smiled at him, stood up and I excused myself to the bathroom. You already know how it goes. I went back on that line to buy some mints and into the bathroom where I made sure I emptied myself to my fullest capacity. I retouched my make-up, adjusted my rack in my shirt, and went through my hair a little with my fingers just to make sure.

As I am walking into the movie theatre and up the ramp, the lights are now off. The trailers have ended, and the movie was about to start. Listening to the movie starting, made me want to hurry even more to find David. However, now the theatre was full, and I just couldn’t make out where he was. I was lucky to remember we sat in the middle and I had left my leather jacket behind. As soon as I spotted my jacket, I excused myself through a couple of bony knees, some big feet and made my way to my seat. His arm was around the chair, which I took it as a welcoming sign, so I simply sat down, reclined my seat to get comfortable, and started eating his popcorn.

“Oh okay”, he said, with a mouthful and continued to watch the movie.

Now, here I am, 15-20mins into the movie, paying no mind to it whatsoever. Why, you ask, after knowing I am a fan of this series, since I mentioned it above? Well ladies, we all know things like that go out the window when you’re finally out on your first date with the guy of your dreams. I was too busy questioning so many things, “Was I still looking good”, “Did I smell nice”, “Does he even like me”, “Will he want to see me again”, “Is he seriously paying attention to this movie right now”, “What should be my next move”? I couldn’t even look at him thinking I might weird him out by starring at him. So many unanswered questions, or so I thought, because the next thing I know, he started leaning closer to me. So, I leaned a little bit closer to him too. I tried to hold his hand and wrapped his fingers around mine. He put his hand around my shoulder, and I placed my head on his shoulder. Now this is more like it; this is what I wanted. Until I took a sniff, and that’s when I noticed, this is not David.

I jumped out of that seat so quick, that I mistakenly hit the person next to me, and tripped over their feet causing me to fall flat on my face.

But this wasn’t all of it. David was sitting 2 rows above. He saw it all and thought I was secretly dating two guys in one night.