✓ | DEAR FUTURE ME

049

"Levi Daniels in the flesh!"

There she was, Megan Jackson, the infamous ex who could never leave anyone's minds. Despite leaving showing up in time, it was clear Megan had been there pretty early as a half-empty glass of water sat on the table. Even though she dressed nice and was always very pretty, she didn't have that effect on Levi anymore. The only person that had that effect on him now was Skye, and god did he wish she was the one waiting at that diner instead.

"Megan Jackson." Levi walked inside, eyes meeting with Megan almost immediately as she sat from a booth. She stood up upon his arrival, extending her arms out for a quick, friendly hug, for which he returned despite the hint of awkwardness.

"Hey! I like your outfit. You look good." Of course, he looked good! Levi had Skye to thank for that one. Poor guy would have probably walked out in a clown suit without her. Actually, he was already feeling like a clown, so let's call this current outfit a disguise.

"Thanks, my friend picked it out." He said.

Megan raised an eyebrow at the mention of a "friend" helping him pick out his outfit, and having personally known his friend group excluding Skye, she knew the guys couldn't have been responsible for this. "Which one? The only one with fashion sense was Nini."

"Um, Skye. She's the one that told me to come here tonight, actually." Levi saw Megan's eyes widen upon his response for a brief moment, but she quickly collected herself and motioned them to the booth she picked out for them.

"Oh! Well, let's go sit, shall we?" She forced a smile. "I got us a booth."

They went and sat down, picking up their menus to figure out what they wanted to eat. As they were trying to figure that out, Levi couldn't help but wonder what the true meaning of this date was. If he could get the gist right away, then maybe he can tell Megan how he's feeling. "Um, so what's the deal here?"

"Deal?" Megan looked up and furrowed her eyebrows.

"Yeah, like, why did you want to go out with me tonight?" He asked.

"To be honest, Levi, I wanted to properly apologize to you." She admitted. Now, this was a bit of a shock. Megan rarely ever apologized as she would say she was always right until the end of time, but despite the surprise, there was still something that didn't make sense.

"On Valentine's Day?" Megan covered her mouth with her hand as Levi brought up Valentine's Day, and just as he thought this date couldn't get any more confusing, it just did.

"Wait, today's Valentine's Day?" She asked him, showing a side of herself she has never shown Levi before. Since when did Megan ever get nervous? He thought that considering her typical confidence, she knew exactly what she was doing, but in reality, Megan wasn't exactly the brightest lightbulb around.

"Um, yeah?" It was like the poor guy was in an alternate reality or something. Was it suddenly opposite day or something? Was this the matrix? No and no, but the picture was now becoming clear as Megan explained herself and her newfound stupidity.

"Oh my god. With working here on top of going to school and cheerleading I completely forgot about it. I'm so, so, so, so, so sorry." Megan groaned, covering her face with her hands in embarrassment. Okay, she got her days mixed up. It was understandable considering she seemingly had a busier schedule, but he couldn't help but be a little mad that this was the situation.