Trying Something New

Chapter One: The Date

Brock Boone is 32 years young, six feet tall and has lost the sense of sight. Mr.Boone has short brown hair and brown eyes, he is black. Mr.Boone has a 500 foot two story home. Mr.Boone is wearing a red flannel shirt with classic blue jeans with large tan work boots. He looks out the window, it's around noon, his house aid is with him in his home. He sees nothing but beauty out the window, smells the freshly cut grass of the yard of the bakery about 600 paces to I sense it all.the north. "Do you need help sir" said the aid. "No" said Boone, "I am quite alright thank you, but, that's quite the beautiful day outside isn't it?". "Why... yes sir, i would say it is, um... might i ask how you know of the outside?" said the aid. "I hear the beauty outside, smell the beauty, I feel the wind, I paint myself a picture". "That's a good one sir" the aid laughed. "What do you mean?" questioned Boone. "Oh, um...nothing sir" said the aid, choking on his words trying to hide his laughter. "Can you bring my dog here please aid? I have a date to get to". "Of course Mr.Boone" said the aid, "Is this a blind date you're on your way to?" giggled the aid as he walked away.

Brock laughs even after the aid leaves, "such a good kid". Their only a few years apart in age in reality but Brock is much more mature than the aid. He stays watching the outside and thinking if what things actually look like, or what color his dog is. He ponders on how he trusts this tiny furry being without knowing how it looks, only how it feels and what it is trained to do. A few minutes of pondering this he hears from a distance "Coming right now Mr.Boone. Just had to feed Sam, he seemed a bit slow" Sam is the dog's name. The aid hands the tether to Boone and escorts him and the dog towards the door. Boone and the Sam make their way slowly but surely to their destination and when they arrive they are greeted by a waiter. "I have a reservation for two". "Ah, Mr.Boone, right this way sir.". "How did you know it was me?" asked Boone. "You're the only blind man to ever reserve a table here" chuckled the waiter". They made their way toward the table while the waiter was still shooting blind jokes to Mr.Boone. He held in his thoughts and anger from these jokes. Boone sat at his table waiting for his date and felt his surroundings. Figuring out where his spoon, knife, and fork were. The tablecloth was like silk, the glasses smooth, he would give his cup a slight tap with his finger every so often to hear the subtle ring in the silence around him. He could not tell if he was alone or not, he could feel his dog at his side, whining every very quiet minutes.

After almost an hour of waiting the waiter comes back with a woman. She is taller than the average woman, her hair like golden locks flowing off of her scalp. Her body type average, her face gives those of super models a run for their money. She is wearing a green dress with almost a scale like pattern. "Sir, your lady has arri..." "I'm not his lady, this is a first date, thank you very much" said the woman. "well..." the waiter swallowed his saliva very nervous that he could have just lost the tip he was hoping for " I am very sorry uh.. what was your name again". "It is Ms.De'Lumine, now if you would please give us a minute to get prepared to order" The waiter then walks away blushing, embarrassed and hoping that his co-workers did not witness that. "De'Lumine?" asked Mr.Boone, "Of the Light?" he asks his date. "Oh, somebody knows Latin i see?" she chuckles as if she is impressed. "So uh, what made you wanna go on a date with me Mr.Boone?". "Well, it did take long i will tell you that, i had to have my assistant find a printer that prints in braille, then copy and paste your bio details into a document and print it... it was quite the process but when I read it finally I was very impressed. Luckily all i had to do was run my finger across a piece of paper, my assistant just pointed out to me that you seemed very interesting". "Why not just have your assistant read it aloud to you?" she asked. "Well when you put it like that we look dumb". They both laughed and went on with their date. They talked to each other until the restaurant ordered them out because they needed to close.

"I enjoyed myself very much Ms.De'Lumine" said Boone. "I as well had a good time" she replied. Would you like me to walk you home Ms.?". "no, i think i'm okay, the real question is do you need a ride home?". "no i'm okay, thank you, me and Sam will make it home alright." De'Lumine then kisses Boone on the cheek and gets into her car and pulls off. Boone and Sam make their way home, sadly Sam is not very good at navigating in the night. Half way home Sam goes too fast for Boone and Boone loses grip of the tether and has no way to see where he is heading. He sits worried and afraid of what fate is awaiting him this night where sam left him. He hears a car slowly pull up next to where he is, Boone is very fearful. He hears the footsteps coming closer and closer but says nothing hoping the entity is not coming his way, he fears the worst is soon to happen.