No Reason But Us

Chapter 8 : Double Date?

In Munro's house which was owned by Hal, a cab stopped right in front of it, and out came Adrian wearing a good officewear suit, he smiled that he was home from his work trip and then walked to the front door. "Home sweet home," he said while taking his bags out of the vehicle. "Marie!"

Marie looked out the window and was elated to see him. "Adrian," she squealed as she opened the door and then ran to his arms.

The two shared a passionate kiss. "I missed you," he said to her after holding her face.

"I missed you too," she replied. "Let's go inside, I made your favorite."

"Aww! Thanks, Honey, because I missed your cooking too."

"Oh! you," Marie smiled and took his hand as they walked to the front door.

"It's good to be back home," Adrian expressed as they went inside their home.

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The morning after, it was a Saturday, Gage just woke up, and Felix was doing some editing for his movie in the dorm. "Morning, man," he said to him as he sat up from his bed and rubbed his eyes. "Did you sleep? why are you up this early?"

"I did, I was just excited... to work on my claymation, I'm finished working on this first scene," Felix replied, but his voice got high on that last part, and Gage heard it. "By the way, you okay? you know, after last night."

"Oh, the fight, yeah, I'm fine. Sorry, you had to see that."

"It's cool, so you're really good?" Felix asked him again. He was already jittery since the previous night.

"Well, kinda, I'm still upset about the fight, I was hoping that Courtney would not be mad at me once she found out that I was auditioning."

"Meh... give it time, and she'll see that you go above and beyond to show her that you do care."

"I hope so. God... I hate this, I wish it was over. It's so awkward to be in class together lately."

"Why don't you just cool your head for today... or tonight?" Felix suggested with this teethy grin on his face, which Gage could tell something was up. "I have something that can help you with your woes."

"What?"

"The thing is, I asked this girl out on a movie date tonight..."

"Rita, is it?"

"Yes, her."

"Oh! wow, that's awesome."

"Yeah, thanks... so why don't you... come with us?"

Gage was taken aback by that. "You mean like third wheeling with your date? look, thanks for inviting me, but I don't feel like..."

"No, no, no, no, it's a double date, she has a friend, you can go with her."

"Double date? how did that happen?" Gage chuckled.

"I panicked when I asked her out that I blurted out that her friend could come and then that you'll come and take her."

"You mean you lied? and at least you could've given me a heads up."

"I wanted to, last night, then I saw you and Courtney were fighting, so you might say no if I asked you after all that."

"Well, I'm also saying no this time."

"Oh! come on!" Felix squirmed.

"Dude, I'm sorry, I'm not in the mood to go on a date."

"But they both are looking forward to going."

"Then tell the friend that the date is not happening."

"Are you sure? She's also pretty and nice."