"So, what time am I going to pick you up?"
❝Excuse me?❞
"You know, I buy you a bottle of wine..."
❝I am seventeen and refuse to drink.❞
"And fancy cheese. Then I'll take you out to a picnic and we'll have crackers..."
❝Aren't we suppose to eat the cheese with crackers on a picnic not before hand?❞
"Then we'll bike ride around a park and swing on the swings and talk about deep shit..."
❝Quentin, love.❞
"Yes, darling?"
❝I never agreed to going on a date with you. I will admit that the date does sound promising, but you never asked me.❞
"So, does that mean you are agreeing to going on a date with me now?"
❝No. You still didn't ask me.❞
"Okay, fine. Nerissa will you-"
❝No I will not go on a date with you.❞
"Why? I thought you wanted me to ask."
❝Not over the phone you idiot. Isn't like such a stereotypical guy thing to do?❞
"Well, yes, but I am not like other guys."
❝Do I need to remind you of the word dynamic? Because that just screams I'm just like other guys.❞
"I said I was sorry for that! I thought we moved past that."
❝Maybe we did. Maybe I just like to mention it to guilt trip you sometimes.❞
"That is mean and I have never been more attracted to you."
❝Stop before you make me puke.❞
"You love me!"
❝Too soon.❞
"You like me?"
❝Well...what is...wait. Is that you? In that creepy ass black hoodie standing by the door?❞
"Yes that's me, myself, and I. In the somewhat flesh."
❝What...are you doing? Are you getting up on a table? Quentin get down! Now! People are staring at you! I am about to hang up and pull you down there myself!❞
"Attention! Everyone! I am on the phone with the greatest barista in this cafe right now and I would like to put her on speaker phone despite being right there in front of the counter."
❝Quentin don't!❞
"Nerissa, oh Nerissa, will you honor me in this cafe by saying yes to a date with me?"
❝...❞
"Oh she's just shy. Nerissa, darling, your answer?"
❝Yes I'll go on one date with you.❞
"Sweet! Thanks for the claps everybody...ah!"
❝Get out! Get out! You're not allowed to just stand on a table and ask me out!❞
"I walked all the way over here!"
❝I didn't ask you too!❞
"But you said yes."
❝I did say yes...❞
"You said yes."
❝Fine it's a date. Now will you get out?❞
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Nerissa & Q
Short StoryA series of phone calls between Nerissa & Q. When one phone call turns into heartbreak, sadness, and love. #956 In Short Story [8/27/16] #558 In Short Story [9/10/16] #382 In Short Story [9/24/16]