We sat in the ice cream parlor as we just talked about nonsense, Ski drove me an hour for 'the best ice cream' in his opinion. Unfortunately he wasn't wrong, this ice cream is so fucking good.
We both got vanilla with sprinkles and ironically, it was both our favorites.
Ski sat across from me wearing a white shirt and grey sweatpants and you can slightly see his black boxers, his gold chain rested on his neck and he was wearing white air forces.
He can make anything look good, I swear. Ski was now coming down from laughing at something I said. "It wasn't that funny but, it was funny" he said not wanting to admit how funny I am.
"It's okay, you can say how funny I am" I said with a smile on my face. He finished his ice cream putting the cup on the table, "You a little funny" he gave me a little smile.
"See, was that so hard to admit?" , he rolled his eyes before sitting and resting his elbows on the table.
I think it's kind of funny how the universe knew I needed this, no corny shit, but it made me feel a lot better.
"So you have anything planned next weekend?" he questioned me, I stayed silent trying to think if I made plans with Jahia or if I have work.
"Nope, i'm free" I said finishing my ice cream, I wiped my hands with a paper towel. "I wanna take you on a date, not just a random ice cream pick up"
I had a smile on my face but I tried to hide it, "You know, give you time to do your hair and makeup and whatever the fuck you girls do. Not saying you don't look good now but you know" he shrugged.
"I thought you don't plan for things?" I raised an eyebrow. "I'll make an exception"
He folded his arms on the table and got a little closer to me, "so saturday at 8, okay?".
"Sounds great, where are we gonna go?" I asked him, he touched the chain that was hanging from his neck and got quiet for a second.
"Prolly go to the carnival, then we can catch a lil movie and afterwards we can get some food" , he looked me in my eyes before asking "Is that something you'd like, mama?"
I felt little butterflies in my stomach, I could feel my smile slightly widen and I couldn't help but chuckle. "yeah, i'm down"
"What movie, do you have in mind?" I questioned, he backed up a little "depends on what kind of girl you are, you like a regular movies or drive in?"
I was shocked that he was putting in this much thought into our date, but it does make a good first impression.
"Drive in sounds cool, i've never been to one", he raised his eyebrows "really? you're missing out. It's a whole new level of comfort"
"I guess I'll have to see that for myself" It got quiet before Ski asked me if I was ready to head home, I gave him a head nod and he grabbed our cups and threw them in the trash as we walked out.
We got in his car and he started driving, "sorry for this being so last minute" he apologized. I glanced up from my phone and looked at him, "No it's okay, sometimes things are so much better when they're last minute"
"So...what's your real name?" I asked with a little smile, he gave me a playful side eye before looking back at the road. "My real name is 'ski'" he let out a laugh.
"I refuse to believe that your government is 'ski'". "It definitely is" he said, I used my eyes to glance around his car to see if maybe he had anything with his name on it.
"Why you wanna know so bad" he raised his eyebrow, I just shrugged and got comfortable in my seat. "No offense, but if you do anything to me the cops can't locate a nigga named "Ski"" I slightly rolled my eyes.
"If I do something to you..?" he repeated but I can tell the tone is different. "I was just putting it out there....I wouldn't go out with you if I thought you'd hurt me" I said keeping my glance on the road
"I'm not mad you said it, cause I know girls got a lot on yalls mind when you go on a date but it's just weird hearing it" I could see him glancing at me from the corner of my eye.
"I see what you mean" I replied hearing my back crack as I slouched further into the seat
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"Thank you so much" I said grabbing my stuff, "No problem. Don't forget about Saturday, okay mama?". I gave him a cheesy smile before giving him a head nod.
I pulled open the door to my building and waved 'bye' to him as I walked towards the elevator.
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