Entirely Different Person [PETER]

Chapter 4 - Dinner Date!!

I walk into the diner feeling nervous. I feel myself tremble as I don't see him anywhere. Maybe it was all just a joke? I take a seat at a nearby booth. I sigh. Maybe I shouldn't have been so excited, I don't even know if he's gonna show. I'm so stupid.

Might as well order myself a milkshake while I wait. I put my head on the table. A big huff of tension comes out from underneath my lungs. "Ugh." I put my head down. "Can I.. take your order?" I look up. "Oh yeah, um, can I have a strawberry milkshake?" My lips start to tremble. Tears start to form in my eyes. "Alright, coming right up." They stray away.

Why am I crying? I should've known he wasn't coming. It was a random stranger. Damn. I start sobbing. Why the fuck did I do this to myself? Was it because he looked so genuine? Maybe even nice or cute? I can't believe this. I can't believe myself.

"Here's your strawberry milkshake!" I gave them a thumbs up and grabbed my milkshake, giving him 5 bucks. With tears falling down my face, I sip on the straw. I must've been too sad to hear him come in.

He runs over. "I'm sorry for being late!-" he drops whatever was in his hand. With tear filled eyes, a runny nose, and a red face, I look up at him. "Oh! Hi..!" I say trying to wipe the tears off my face. He grabs my face, and kisses my forehead. When I see his face, he looks as if he's crying too. "Is it because I'm late..?" I nod. "I.. thought you weren't.. coming..." my face turns red. More than it already was. "No.. I was doing something for you darling. Don't think I forgot about you."

He sits down across from me. "Please don't cry anymore." I smile and nod. The tears already seem to have faded. I don't know what it is, but something about his voice just helps my anxiety. It makes me feel... safe. I sniffle. "Well, hi!" I say to lighten up the mood. "Hi! I see you've already ordered something, hah, I'm bad at this." He hands over the white box he got for me. "Open it!!" I carefully unwrap the box.

It's two roses tied in a silk shiny and black ribbon. No thorns or anything. It's so perfect. I take a whiff of their elegant smell. "I love them!! Thank you so much!" I put them back in the box and slide them to the side of the table. He seems happy that I like his gift.

"Um, so do you wanna um, order? Again? Haha..." he asks shyly. "No it's okay! We can share my milkshake!" He looks at me and his face turns red. "Share..?" I take out another straw from the cup at the side of he table. "Yeah! Sharing never killed anybody." His face... is just too good.

"Um, okay!! I uh, yeah!" He smiles and takes a sip. "So, what's your name?" He asks. "Oh, my name is Y/N." He looks like a little puppy. "Y/N is a pretty name! I like it." I figure it's time to know his name. "Soooo, what's yours?" He looks down. "I don't really like my real name. Why don't you give me a nickname?" I become confused. "What? Why? C'mon it can't be that bad..! Please tell me?" I pout. "No, Y/N, I really don't like my-" I make a puppy dog face. He seems to give in. He sighs.

"My name... is Peter."

That's not so bad, that's not bad at all!! "What we're you scared of? I like Peter! It's cute!" I chuckle. "You think so..?" He looks puzzled. "Yeah, I really like it!" He smiles. "Well okay, um, so where do you work?" He says with a grin. "Oh, I work here actually! Pretty funny huh?" He seems surprised. "That's cool! Does it pay good?" I look out the window. "Well, the pay isn't that good, but it's good enough to pay the rent for my apartment."

"Oh alright!" He says. "Where do you work at?" I question. "Oh, I'm a product tester. It's nothing good, I just test out cheap products for small businesses or something." I take a sip from the milkshake. "Ah alright, do you have hobbies?" He thinks for a second. "Oh! I like music! Listening to it, heh. I like rap phonk." My eyes light up. "I like rap phonk too!! My favorite song is Swaggin' at the apartment!" He smiles, it's a really big smile too. "I love that song!!!" We both giggle.

I lean over to take a sip of the milkshake. For some reason, it seems to be going faster than when you usually drink a strawberry milkshake. I look forward.

Peter was drinking some too.

I don't know what happened, but we kinda just drank the drink while staring at each other. It was kinda cute... finally, the drink hit the bottom, and I pulled away. "Oh! You have something on your face!" He said. I wiped the right side of my face. "No, it's right here..." He got up and cleaned the left side of my face.

I started to blush, really, really hard. I swear, I was under some sort of spell when he had done that. He was so attractive, and I don't even know why! I look out the window. "Oh, it's getting dark, I think I should go home." He looks at me. "Oh! If you're leaving, let me do this..." He grabs a piece of tissue and pulls out a pen from his pocket, he writes some numbers down.

"There's my number, you can call or text me whenever you wanna meet up!" He grins and blushes. "Oh okay..! I'll see you, Peter! Or text, or call! Haha!" I wave goodbye and walk out of the diner, feeling happy.

I got home feeling better than usual, Lucy was silent in her room, or wasn't here because I didn't hear moans or thrusts in her room. I could also see that from underneath the door that the LED's were purple, not red.

I got into my room, and flopped down on my bed, before going to sleep I text Peter. "Hey, it's me, Y/N! Just texting you because I'm going to sleep right now, goodnight! Sweet dreams. <3."

I turn my phone off and change into my PJ's. I'll go to sleep and text Peter tomorrow. Yeah, tomorrow. I turn off my light and drift off to sleep.

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