A Little Bit Of Everything (EARLIER CALLED YOUNG, WILD AND FREE)

27. // Blind Dates. //

From "Of Mere Being" by Wallace Stevens:

"The palm stands on the edge of space.
The wind moves slowly in the branches.
The bird's fire-fangled feathers dangle down."

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*Flashback ends.*

'Gab! Please listen. You need a break, if only you would...,'
'No Sarah, I'm not doing it,' I yelled, frustrated. Doesn't she get it? I'm not some depressed girl who doesn't talk, and cries all the time after breaking up with her boyfriend.

It had been a month since I had broken up with Alex, and I must admit, I was a little sad, but I wasn't bawling my eyes out, nor was I slumping around.

Everyday was the same, I went to school, and I avoided Alex as much as I could, and I had these monkeys to keep me company the entire time.

When Sarah came to know about what Alex had done, she was on fire. I literally had to hold her back to prevent her from killing him.

But, surprisingly I didn't feel as sad or unhappy as I should have. I mean, I claimed to love him ... But when he left, there wasn't any particular...sadness. I was angry, of course, more at myself than at him, because maybe I didn't give him what he wanted, what he expected from me.

Sarah and Tiana couldn't stand me being the only single girl between us, so they started trying to set me up with guys. Many of them. In the past week I have been on at least six blind dates, all of which were a total bore.

I guess I just wasn't ready for another commitment.

I didn't want a serious relationship, at least not when I had just gotten out of one.
I needed time for myself, and lots of it.

I needed to figure things out, to find out where I had gone wrong, and how I could make it all right again, if it was possible.

Meanwhile, Sarah and Tiana had set me up on yet another one of those blind dates, telling me that this was going to be different.

They said it before each one of them, and the same thing happened every time. They took me out, and made small talk, always asking the same questions. They were all so alike, it scared me.

I just wanted to stay home, and eat as much as I could, and not care about the world anymore.

But sadly, my friends didn't allow that.

The didn't want me to have a moment's peace, and made me dance around like a monkey.

That's precisely why I was standing in the bathroom having a warm shower, and dreading to even step outside.

Because I knew that Sarah and Tiana were patrolling the bedroom, as if I was an escapee, who would take the first opportunity and dash, which was probably true, because I had turned to the bathroom window as my last hope, but I realised that my room was on the third storey so I would probably die.

As soon as I stepped out of the bathroom, I was blinded by dresses, shoes and makeup hurled at me.

'Gab, you're half an hour behind schedule, now we have only half an hour to get you ready,' they screeched.

'Anyone would think that I'm getting married today, judging by the way you guys are fawning over me,' I said.

They were actually paying closer attention to me today than they were in any other days.

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'Okay, all ready. Now before I go on this so called date, can you please tell me who I'm meeting?'

'Oh yeah, his name is Jay, and he's Indian. Noah knew him from somewhere, and he guessed that you would like him, so they talked, and he seems pretty eager to meet you.

Somehow it felt wierd to think that Noah was supporting all this, he usually was against all this drama.

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The doorbell rang, and Sarah ran down the stairs to answer it.
I followed suit.

I wanted to have a good look at this Jay guy, he seemed... Interesting.

Jay was a tall, lean guy, with dark brown hair, and brown- almost black eyes.
He had a perfect jawline and dimples that were visible when he smiled.

I walked up to him and shook his hand , suddenly very shy.

He looked at my hand weirdly, then grinned and pulled me into a hug.
His embrace was warm and inviting. He smelt like coffee, and I felt like I could stay like that all day.

'I'm Jay, and it's wonderful to finally meet you, ' he said.

'I'm Ga-', I started to say, but he cut me off.
'Gabriel, I know. Noah always talks about you,' I was surprised. Noah spoke about me? I was suddenly curious to find out what he knew about me.

'So where are we going?,' I asked him.

'Umm, it's a surprise, ' he said, and kinked my arm in his.
We walked to the car, and he opened the door for me.

The drive was comfortable and that was when we actually got to know stuff about each other.

He was seventeen too, and he went to a school not far away from ours.
He flew in from India two years back, and he didn't plan on going back too soon.

I looked out of the window, and noticed that we were on the outskirts of town, and all I could see were trees.

Soon, we started slowing down, and that's when I realised where we were.

' It's the fair!,' I said, my eyes bright. I hadn't been to a fair in forever.
He chuckled and looked at me.
'Yes, but it's more of a food fest and a street fair combined together..., now come on! Let's go! He said, and held my hand.

We entered the gates, and we were soon drowned amongst all the colours, and we were now part of the crowd, just here to have fun.

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I sighed dreamily as we walked towards my front door.
Jay was amazing. He had been nothing but a pure gentleman the whole time, and he made me laugh.

He was just great, there was just one thing though, there was no spark, I didn't feel anything when I was with him, and even when we held hands, I didn't feel different.

I know it was our first date and everything, and things could change on the way, but somehow, I couldn't see this going any further.

I must be mad. Here was the most perfect guy imaginable standing right in front of me, and I didn't feel anything. That's it. I was officially crazy.

' Hey, Gab,' he said. 'I had fun tonight, I'm really starting to like you. Maybe, we could do this again,' he said, his eyes hopeful.
I sighed.
I don't know how I'm going to do this.

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AN
Hey lovelies!
How was it?
Did you realize that we're out of the flashback that started with the first chapter?
If you didn't, well, we are.

These are just filler chapters, all piling up to the end.
Yup,
Young, Wild and Free will be ending soon.

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