I went to work that morning and partly helped open and set the bar up with Andrew, but mainly I was their discussing his date with Emma for tonight. He was a nice guy but undeniably useless. Andrew however was a bit of a poet mind you, he knew how to string a nice sentence together and was always throwing around heartfelt compliments at Emma which as a friend, made me very pleased.
"What should I wear Shai, I don't want to over dress?" He has asked. I jumped up onto the bar sitting down letting my legs dangle off the side before asking;
"Where are you actually taking her, she told me you had said not to dress up too fancy?"
"I'm taking her go karting then to this steak house that's nearby. Oh God, she's not vegetarian is she? I can cancel my reservation if she is?" I laughed at Andrews panicked expression, my laughing caused him to get more flustered.
"Calm down. Jesus garfy, you need to chill."
He furrows his eyebrows at me and crosses his arms over his chest.
"She's not vegetarian and I reckon she'll like that, and for what to wear, I would say go for a plain t shirt and some jeans. Can't go wrong there."
"Shave or don't shave?"
"I would say don't shave, go for the rugged look." I smile
"If all this goes well we should go for a double date, I have a single friend for a single friend." He says with a wink. The moment he says double date my mind springs back to Theo accompanied with a pounding of regret in the deep pit of my stomach. I stare back at Andrew with my mouth wide open, debating whether to accept or decline. I was probably this way for far to long to look in anyway normal.
"I'm seeing someone" I finally decide to lie. Well half lie. Technically I am seeing someone. I've just not met them in 1/2 of my life. Does that count? I'm counting it. Here's hoping he does too.
"Really, what's his name?"
"Theo" I reply with a small smile forming on my lips. I'm probably blushing. I mean, I hope I'm not but my cheeks feel suspiciously hot and I am prone to embarrassing myself.
"I've never heard you speaking about him, Emma didn't mention it either?" Andrew inquires with thick suspicion oozing in his deep British voice. I was defiantly blushing now not to mention getting a little bit sweaty. I didn't like lying, I'm not good at it. I get all nervous and fidgety. Even though I'm not really lying, i'm just not going to sit here and explain that I sleepwalk to another dimension, where I can teleport to hawaii if I wanted to as well as trash my real life apartment. I don't want to lose my job and find myself in a mental home.
"Its a new thing thats why, I haven't really planned on telling anyone yet" I insist. Andrew seems convinced as he lets it go and begins talking about his date again while I let out a silent sigh of relief.
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Emma has come round to my apartment to get ready for her date. I'm proud of myself for setting these two up. Emma's face is lit and bouncing in excitement, they are both crazily in to eachother and I'm sure they will have mad chemistry on their date.
I have not told Emma where she is going tonight, however I have advised her what she should wear. We have mutually decided on a white loose blouse, with some dark blue skinny jeans, finished with a pair of plain black pumps. Very casual yet very sophisticated. Emma's dark red hairs left down and curled at the ends and I smile at how nice she looks.
"You actually look great Emma" I smile to her as she fiddles with her outfit and fixes her hair in the mirror.
"Really? Like besides the fact I'm your only friend so you have to say that?" She asks turning her head to me.
"Yes really, you look hot, I'm jealous of Andrew" I laugh.
"No need to be jealous, you're my number one boo" She attempts to say in a very bad ghetto accent. We both laugh at how ridiculous she sounds before we are interrupted by the doorbell. We both stop and whip our heads round to look at each other before breaking into huge grins. I laugh as Emma rushes back to the mirror in a panic to check her appearance once more. I roll my eyes playfully as I get the door.
"Garfy" I say when I see Andrew standing in the door way.
"Woodley" He smiles. "And where might my date be?"
"Hyperventilating in the corner" I say casually.
"That doesn't sound good for her health"
"Well she's been hospitalized twice this evening already, just keeps passing out. Pants like a dog then that's it, black out. Gone." I deadpan
"Maybe she has over excited dog syndrome, I believe that's all the symptoms, should I Google it? I'm concerned" He asks pulling his phone out. He breaks character and smirks when he sees Emma emerge from behind me.
"That's quite enough you guys, I was just getting ready to leave" Emma scolds
"You look absolutely lovely" Andrew says with his thick British accent. Emma smiles wide as she takes his arm and steps out of my apartment.
"Until next time Shai" Andrew nods
"See you later guys, have fun" I smile as Emma offers me a shy little wave.
I shut the door behind me and throw myself down on my sofa with a sigh. I'm envious of Emma. She can go on dates with the man she likes, we can all hang out, people know he exists. All things I can't do. People would call me crazy if I tried to tell them about Theo. I want nothing more then to be able to sit in the pub or in a restaurant with Theo and a bunch of my friends and just be able to hang out. Although I'm somewhat grateful for the fact I have him in a fairytale land where we can go wherever our minds and imagination take us, deep down I thrive for a normal life. I just want a job, a husband, a family. As long as I'm doing what I love and have the people that I love beside me, that's all I can ask for. Not that working in a pub is my end goal, but I still enjoy it at this moment in time. I'm just scared that Theo won't be able to fulfil my wants. He's perfect for me in every single way except for the fact we have never met in reality. I'm dying to meet him. I want to make this real. I want what Emma has.
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A/N
Hey guys, sorry about the long update, have tons of coursework to finish before I can start summer break. I have like 2 weeks left before my holidays then I can start updating all the time! Hope you enjoy and please leave a comment and vote and maybe even share. Thank you. Until next time.
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