|Zahaire|
I put on one final spritz of cologne and check my breath. I pop open some chewing mints and do one last inspection in the mirror.
Okay, showered? Check. Brush teeth? Check. Nice fit? Check. Sexy? Always.
I hear a whistle from behind me and turn to see Chris looking at me.
"Whoever you're taking out tonight is gonna be one lucky chick!"
"Ha...you think so?" I chuckle.
"Hell yeah man! Shit, if I was gay--I'd totally be jelly."
I laugh as I push him away. He goes back to his game and soon after continues yelling at the randoms.
Once I make sure I have my wallet, hoodie, phone, and portable charger, I make my way to Audree's dorm room.
Since they don't let guys into the girls dorms, I text Delilah to meet me downstairs.
It's not long before I see her walking down the hall.
She has on a black dress and a red, white, and black flannel is tied along her waist.
Her brown hair is tied up into a messy bun and she has on red, black, and white Nikes.
"Hey Zahaire!" She greets cheerfully as she walks up to me, a cute little joyous spring in each of her steps.
"Hey, you look...beautiful!" I say but my voice kind of cracks
Shit! I was doing so well until now.
Delilah doesn't seem to notice my nervousness, instead she lets out a sigh of relief.
"Really?" She pauses. "I didn't know what to wear because you!" I chuckle as Delilah draws circles into the air before pointing at me. "Didn't give me a lot of info about our date!"
"Hey I gave you enough information. You came and you dressed pretty..." I look at my Apple Watch that's on my wrist.
"You are a bit past twelve but I guess that's okay." I tease.
Delilah laughs at me and we begin to walk towards the parking lot.
Once we make it to my car, I open the door for Delilah and make sure she's all tucked into the car before closing the door for her.
I jog to the other side of my car and hop inside.
"Wow, it smells very nice in here. So clean too!" Delilah looks around.
"Thanks, I try to keep my baby fresh at all times."
"Baby? Looks like I have some competition."
I almost choke on my spit when she says that. I'm afraid to but I look to my peripheral and see Delilah clutching her left arm, seemingly unwilling to make eye contact too as she hides her face.
I clear my throat in an attempt to fill the awkward silence and begin to speak.
"Um, first stop is the Korean Grill at that new mall not far from here. So...hope you're hungry."
"Oooh, I've never had that before. Sounds exciting!"
I put my car in reverse and place my hand behind Delilah's seat pulling out of the parking space.
It's not long before we make it to the Korean Grill joint.
There's a tiny wait to get inside but me and Delilah play iMessage games until our table is ready.
The interior of the place is nice. It has multiple rows of booths throughout it. Separating each booth from each other is a glass display case that's filled with various different vases.
In the back of the room, there's a little claw machine that's filled with cute little chibi character plushies.
"Hey guys, I'm Jeremy, I'll be your server today," a peppy male says. "Have y'all been here before?"
"I've been here before, but it's her first time." I state.
"Well welcome back and welcome." Jermey says. "Can I start you off with some drinks?"
"I'll take a Sprite with no ice please." Delilah replies.
"A strawberry lemonade, please."
Jeremy nods his head.
"Sounds good, I'll be back with those drinks and one of our specialty salads. In the meantime y'all can take a look at the menu and pick out what y'all wanna try."
With that, Jermey places two menus down in front of us and walks away.
Delilah scans the menu intently, lip tucked between her teeth.
"This brisket sounds pretty good, but then I kinda wanna try the beef bulgogi and the honey garlic chicken."
"Good thing we can have up to four things at a time, it's an all you can eat type of setting."
"Have you tried those?"
I nod my head.
"Both of them are really good! I love the shrimp and the bulgogi."
Jermey returns and places the sprite with no ice in front of Delilah and the lemonade in front of me.
He also places a bowl of salad for me and Delilah to share in the middle of the table. He leaves for a second and returns with utensils and two salad plates.
"Do you guys need more time or are you ready for the first round?"
I glance at Delilah and she nods her head.
"Can we have the beef bulgogi, brisket, honey garlic chicken, and the fresh mixed vegetables?"
Jermey nods as he writes what I'm saying onto the order notepad. He closes the notepad and smiles at me.
"Okay, I'll get those right out for you!"
Once again, he walks away.
I grab the salad tongs and place some salad onto Delilah's plate and onto mine.
Their salad dressing is equivalent to the Popeyes spicy chicken sandwich sauce, straight up addicting.
Delilah takes a bite of the salad and lets out a hum.
"That's the bomb!"
"Right? It's like super-!"
"-Addicting!" We say in unison.
Delilah pokes her fork into her salad and takes another bite.
"I don't know what they put in this salad dressing, but it sure as hell keeps me wanting more!"
I chuckle at her and she laughs along with me.
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