| You're such a flirt~ | JEFFERSONS POV⚠️WIP⚠️

The date

TW: none

Jeffersons POV
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     "Hey.. Thomas- in awe of what you see or something?" He chuckled lightly. He was definitely a lot cuter in person.

"Hey-" I said awkwardly. My online persona isn't as confident as I am. I gestured for him to take a seat across from me. He smiled politely and sat down.

"I felt somebody as pretty as you should have something of equal beauty." He said before pulling out a red rose and handing it to me. I took it from him carefully making sure not to poke my fingers on any of the thorns. I brought it closer to me to inspect it when I see that there is a small bit of blood on his finger, probably from the thorns.

    "Your finger.." I said slightly raising my hand  to point at your wound. I saw him look down at his finger to inspect it. He took a napkin out of the holder and wiped his finger off.

    "Ah- its fine.. you're worth it-" He said giving me a slight smile. I started playing with the hem on my shirt nervously.

    "So.. Jemmy- what do you do for work..?" He looked at me for a second as if analyzing me before laughing. I felt myself flush red as if I said something wrong.

    "My name isnt actually Jemmy-" he said resting his head on his hand and giving me that look. I blushed and looked away into the crowd for a waiter. I cleared my throat. "Of course any nickname you give me is fine though.. but my real name is James.. James Madison." I smiled slightly but covered my lower half of my face with my wrist. He took his free hand and moved it away.

"You know.." James started to say. "For somebody so confident over text you're a-lot shyer and a tad awkward in person.. its kind of cute." He said before waving over a server. She noticed him and came over. She asked us if we needed any drinks or food.

    "I'll just take a Pepsi.. and a mango margarita for my date." I looked at him with surprised expression on my face.

    "How'd you know that was my favorite drink?" I asked a tad skeptical.

    "I saw it on Peggys instagram." He stated like it was obvious. I smiled slightly at his attention to detail.

"Oh- hah- so you like stalking me or something?" I asked half-jokingly. He gave a small chuckle at my comment.

"Only when I get bored." He replied. I looked around awkwardly not knowing what to say now. It was a relatively new experience for me to be enjoying a date. most if the times it was just a one night and done type deal. "so.. Twenty questions?" He asked me. After he asked that question I looked up at him.

"Please Jem- James. we aren't middle schoolers-" I said scoffing slightly.

"Whats your favorite color?" He asked completely ignoring my comment. I rolled my eyes with a slight smile while resting my face on my hand. "Mines green." he said.

"Magenta. Favorite animal?" I asked. "mines mocking birds. Got one named Dick" He laughed at my birds name.

"Dick? Wow- alright mines parakeets- Gold or silver Jewelry? Silver, for me." I looked at him with a slight smirk.

"picking out an engagement ring for me already? Wow, I knew I was good looking but not this good looking.." I said, now gaining more confidence that the date was going well. I saw a slight pink hue arise on his cheeks. "but I prefer gold. Favorite holiday? Mines my birthday."

"Thats not a holiday..?" He said slightly confused.

"yeah but it should be! I like to celebrate important things and Im one of them!" I said matter of a factly.

"Alright alright- fair enough mines halloween- I like to—" I cut him off mid sentence.

"Scare children? Me too- I like to give them tricks instead of treats-" He looked surprised at how out of pocket my sentence was. He looked at a loss of words for a second before the confusion turned into a smile. He gave out another laugh before responding.

"No- no- not at all- I actually really like kids- I love dressing up as a popular kids character and see all the kids get excited." He said. Although the thought of it was cute I simply didn't like kids.

"So.. different opinions on kids I see.." I said awkwardly. I waited for him to ask the next question. He looked at me like he was waiting for me to ask the next question.

"ah- is it my turn?" He asked with a head tilt. I nodded in response to his questions "okay then- uh.." He thought for a few seconds. "Who was your last relationship?" I looked slightly surprised at the sudden deeper question. I fiddled with my coat hem a bit before answering.

"Uh.. Sally Hemings.." He looked at me slightly concerned and confused on why my entire mood had just shifted.

"Whats wrong..?" He asked clearly wanting to know. Even though I could've dumped my heart out to him about her it didn't feel like the right time. I just shook my head in response.

"Doesn't matter- it was a while ago anyways- everything after that was just some flings-" I said. I wasn't going to bear my greif onto a guy I just met. That would be kind of weird. He nodded understanding I didn't want to talk about it. I opened my mouth to ask another question but was quickly shut up when our waiter came back.

"Hello! Im back with your drinks. Would you two boys like anything else while im over hers?" The waited asked, placing our respective drinks in front of us. she clasped her hand together and waited for an answer. Me and James looked at each other. I looked back at her.

"Nah.. I think im good- what about you James?" He shook his head no, signaling to the girl that she was free to go. I took a sip of my drink. "Man that first sip is always the best sip-" I said placing my drink back down onto the clothed table. We sat in a comfortable silence for a minute before James phone started ringing.

"Hello?" He asked. He listened to the phone, occasionally humming to make the other person acknowledge he was listening. after the phone call was over, before I could even ask any questions. He stood from the table. "Listen I have an emergency at my work and I really gotta go.." He said in a slightly rushed voice. "I'll text you later Thomas-" He said before speed walking out of the building.

I rested my head in my hands. He just walked out on our date and left me with the tab. Definitely not the ideal first date. I sat there for a minute wondering what I was supposed to do now. I decided just to pay and leave. I called the waiter over to my table and paid my tab. I sat there after I paid for a few extra minutes so I could at least finish my drink.

I got up from my table and made my way out of the bar. It was already dark, I started walking to my car. I wasn't the soberest but could still drive. I unlocked my car and and turned the keys in. I started on the road. Suddenly I heard some sirens from behind me. I pulled my car over to left the police car through but they pulled over with me. I was extremely confused. I looked back in my rear view mirror and saw the police man get out of his car. He knocked on my window.

    "Excuse me sir."

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Final word count: 2023

A/N James Madisons POV will be available on my page soon !!