Addicted

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-"Josie? This is Matthew.."
"Oh hi.."
-"I'm not going to make you out to dinner with me.. I know you're just trying to help me out but I don't want to waste your time.."
"You aren't wasting my time Matthew"
-"are you sure? I feel bad.. I haven't spoken to you in years and now we're supposed to go to dinner together.."
"It'll give us time to catch up! Text me the address of where we're going and what time. I'll see you later!"

I hang up before he has the chance to deny me. I don't know what I'm getting myself into, but what's the worst that could happen?

I get a text from Matthew soon after hanging up,

8pm, I'll pick you, dress nice :)

He must remember my address from when we were younger..

I get up from my bed and hop in the shower.

+

I hear the doorbell ring and I run downstairs to answer it, being careful to not fall from my Steve Madden heels.

I open the door to see Matthew, holding a bouquet of flowers. He's dressed in a blue button down shirt, khakis, and of course his big glasses. He cleans up really well...

Matthew looks my up and down with wide eyes. I'm wearing a fairly form fitting white dress that hugs my curves in all the right ways.

"You look... wow..." I can't help but giggle at his reaction.
"You look really nice yourself, Matthew" I say with a smile. He extends his arm to me with the flowers in his hand.
"These are for you.."
"Thank you so much.. Let me go put these in water and then I'll be ready! Come in!"

I rush to the kitchen and take care of the flowers and Matthew awkwardly follows behind me. When I'm done we make our way outside and Matthew rushes to open the passenger door of his Range Rover for me.

+

We arrive at a restaurant called Le Diplomate which seems to be a very fancy French restaurant. When we get to the table, of course, Matthew pulled my chair out for me.

We sit in silence for a few minutes but I wouldn't say it's awkward. I look up from my menu to see Matthew deeply studying his menu for what to order. I never noticed how pretty his eyes were. Or how nice his hair is. Or how defined his jaw line. He looks up from his menu when he realizes I've been staring at him. He smiles softly and I return to looking at my menu. Now I can tell he's staring at me and the roles have reversed. I can feel his eyes staring at my lips. He is cut out of his trance by the interruption of a waiter who takes our orders.

"Do you remember that time in 5th grade when we were on the playground and you fell off the monkey bars so I acted like I was a doctor until the nurse got there?" he asks with a laugh.
I start to laugh too, "oh my god, yes! I can't believe you remember that!"
"I kissed you cheek because it was all scraped up and I wanted to make it feel better. That's when I stopped believing girls were gross.."
I start to blush but giggle at the same time, "that's so cute.."
Matthew smiles at me but I know he's trying to hide it.

The night goes on and actually ends up being the best first date I've ever been on. Matthew insisted on paying for dinner and then he took me home.

"I actually had a really great time tonight, Matthew," I say shyly. I've never been shy around a guy so I don't know why Matthew is making me feel like this.
"I did too.. Thank you for coming.." he replies as he stares into my eyes and then at my lips. He looks back up to my eyes and he starts to lean in. I lean in too until his lips crash against mine. He puts his hands on my face and I put arms around the back of his neck, pulling him closer. Damn he's a good kisser.

Matthew parts from kiss and grabs my hand, "I'm sorry.. I shouldn't have done that... Thank you again for coming tonight.. I won't bother you anymore, I promise" he says she be starts to walk away.
I hear him start muttering to himself but I can't make out what he's saying.
"Matthew!"
He turns back around and looks at me. I motion him to come back with my finger.
"This was the best night I've had in a long time. You didn't bother me one bit," I say as I kiss his cheek and he blushes.

"Goodnight, Matthew."
"Goodnight"