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Waking up with Marta's phone call was a good surprise.
She asked me on a date. I think I never was asked on a date.
To say I'm nervous is an understatement. I like talking to her. She's so easygoing, and overall a happy person.
I get out of the bad and go on a run to sweat a little of the nervous feeling.
As I'm eating lunch I call my sister to talk about the date. I need girl advice.
"Hello, everything good?" She says as she picks up.
"Hi, yes, with you?"
"Same old!"
"I need to talk to you about something!" I say
"Okay, I'm listening!"
"Marta asked me on a date at her apartment. And I don't want to make things awkward by reading too much into it. Like what should I do, wear, like I don't know! I've never been asked on a date I'm normally in charge, so I know what to expect!" I rumbled
My sister laughed "You are down bad! But keep things simple, from what you told me she doesn't look like an extravagant girl. She will be probably in sweats. She just wants to have a good time with you. After all, you two are getting to know each other. But it doesn't hurt you if you bring her flowers!" My sister explains
"Okay! We are looking for comfort and a good time and flowers! Got it!" I say like I'm hipping myself out.
"This is so exciting seeing you nervous about dating the most simple girl, like you never dated anyone in your life!"
"She feels different, I don't know how to explain!" I sigh
"It's gonna be her that makes you settle down?" My sister teases
"Hopefully!" I mutter
I take a deep breath and knock on the door.
After a few seconds, that looked like hours, Marta opened the door in (guess what?) sweats.
"Hey, come in," she says cheerfully
"Hi! Here those are for you" I hug her after stepping inside.
She laughs "Thank you! I was gonna pick those out!" She says as she guides me to the kitchen and grabs a bouquet
"But I settled on these instead, it looked more like you!" She extends the bouquet towards me
And I freeze looking shocked
"Are those for me?" I ask
"Yes! You don't like them?" She says a little embarrassed
"No, I love them. I just never received flowers on a date before." I say quickly
"Oh, well! There is always a first time for everything!"
"Thank you!" I smile at her
"Okay, I made something for dinner. Then I remembered that you don't eat meat. So I made you something else!" She says shyly
"I could have eaten what you made first. I chose not to eat meat, but I'm not against it!" I say
"I'll keep that in mind for a future date"
"A future date" I tease
"Yeah a future date" she smiles
"I like that very much!"
"Good"
We are now sitting on the couch choosing a movie to watch.
"Dinner was amazing! You cook really good!" I compliment
"Thank you! I always loved to cook! There's no better feeling than having someone enjoying something that you cooked!"
"I will believe you, because I'm a lost cause in the kitchen" We both laugh at that.
The movie just ended, and it feels like the night is coming to an end but none of us makes a move to stop the movie or to end the night. I scoot a little close to her and she does the same. And we stay like that for a few moments lying together in complete silence.
"I was afraid to ask you to come here tonight, but I'm really happy that I did!" She says quietly
"I'm very happy too." I kiss the top of her head
"My last relationship was a very toxic one, and it ended when he beat me so badly that I ended it in a hospital bed!" She says as she takes a deep breath
"M, you don't have to tell me anything you don't want to"
"I want to. And I am not saying this because I want you to pity me! But I want you to know that you have to be patient with me and my little heart. These last months that we have been talking, you made me feel seen and heard like no other man had made me, and as much as it is good. It also is fucking terrifying. And I'm not leading you on, I really like talking and being with you. But I need to know that you are as committed to this, whatever this is as I am"
"I'm scared too! I had to call my sister before coming here! I have never been asked on a date. You are doing things for and to me that no one ever did, and like you, I don't know how to react. We take step by step, but we are going to do that together." I say
"Okay!"
"Okay!"
She laughs and says "I know this is a little odd but, what is your love language?"
"Mine is physical touch and words of affirmation! And I know that the last one is a little weird when I'm famous and have everyone praising me, but having a special someone saying that they are proud of you just feels different, makes it believable!"
"Yeah it makes sense, mine is words of affirmation and quality time! I asked you this, because I feel like one of the reasons my last relationship didn't work was because we didn't work enough on each other love languages. Like I'm not a very touchy person. But I will try to work on that with you!" She says
"Where have you been all my life?" I ask her
I'm already in bed and can't help the smile on my face when I think about tonight!
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