Records, Burgers, & Love

Sylvain

It's almost time to head over to Jackie's house. I quickly make sure I look fine, especially since I'll be seeing such a fine lady. Wow, I sound way too proper. I'm just going to stop thinking about her, it makes my mind all weird.

Anyway, I'm hopping into my car, I turn it on, and the radio plays Def Leppard at a very high volume. I scream in surprise and rush to turn the volume down. I laugh at myself as I start to drive. Then I realize that I don't know the directions to her house. Dang it...

I pull over, and I text her this:
Hey Jackie! Could you tell me how to get to your house?

Now, you are all probably wondering how in the world I got her number. Well, she asked ME for mine when she first started working at the record store. Long story short, I got her phone number.

She sends me a long message explaining the simple directions to get to her home. I put her address into the GPS just in case I get lost.

Ten minutes later, I'm at the home of Jackie Cachowski. It's bigger than I imagined, and very clean. I like that!

I knock on the front door, and Mrs. Cachowski opens it to greet me. Now I see where Jackie gets her looks! "Why, hello there! You must be Sylvain! Come in, Carl should be in here somewhere."

"Thank you, Mrs. Cachowski!" I say as I step into their lovely home. It's bright and full of character (I sound like the people on House Hunters), and it has a very welcoming feeling to it. I see Carl sitting on the couch, clearly waiting for someone.

He turns around when he hears me come through the door. He says, "Hey! Come with me, I'll show you my drumset and stuff."

"Okay, cool!" I say. I follow him into a total pigsty of a room with a drumset right in the middle. The silence bothers me, so I decide to say, "So, uhh, you know your sister?"

"Yeah, what about her?" he says while grabbing some drumsticks.

"Would you be weirded out if I asked her out?" He turns to me and places a drumstick on my shoulder.

"You're not the one having to do it, not me. You're a brave soul."

"Yeah I am." I can't believe that I can ask her out! And Carl doesn't even care! Yes, yes yes!!! "Show me some drummin'!"

"Okay, dude." Carl starts pounding on the drums. The beat is amazing, but to be honest, I'm surprised that the drumsticks aren't broken yet.

When he's done with his performance, I say, "That was really good, but just a little awkward. But you are the drummer of my dreams so..." I kind of just trail off.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

"Jackie is never impressed by my skills."

"Doesn't surprise me. Jackie is our lead singer, by the way."

"WHAT?!?!?! NOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHH!!"
He waves his arms around and slaps me in the stomach. He's so dramatic!

"Well, she has a really great voice!"

"Dang good voices." A few moments pass. "We need attractive people!"

"What do you mean? She's like the hottest girl I know!"

"EWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!"

"Of course you think like that! She's your sister!"

"Whatever, I'm still not gonna like it. Wanna play video games?"

"Sure! Let's do this!" We leave his horrible room to go to the pleasant living room to enjoy some good ol' gaming. "Want to see if Jackie wants to join?"

"Only if Catherine can."

"Wait, do you like Catherine?"

"Uhh, no, what makes you say that?" He starts blushing madly.

"Well, it's clear to me that you want her around. And I know people, and you definitely like her, but you just don't know it yet."

"Ughh, whatever! Fine, think what you want!"

"So, are we inviting the girls to play or-" I'm cut short.

"Nope."

"Well, alrighty then!" We sit down and play for hours.