Familiar Faces in the Oddest Places

The Date

“You’ve been smiling all day,” Sasha commented as we worked on a lab in science.

“I know, I can’t help it.” My date with Alistar was tonight and I was a tad bit excited.

“It’s because you and Alistar are going out tonight, huh?”

I nodded. “Yeah I really can’t wait.”

“Where are you guys going?” Sasha asked pouring something into the test tube.

“I don’t know.” It hadn’t really crossed my mind on what we were going to do; I was just so excited that we were finally going out on a real date.

“I’m sure you guys will have a great time no matter where you go.”

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School ended and I was at home looking through my clothes to see what to wear. I honestly had no idea and suddenly wished that Sasha was here to help me. I was debating over a couple outfits that I thought looked halfway decent. After staring at them for ten minutes and still not being able to decide, I just picked up the closest one to me. I decided that I was going wear that one. Alistar saw me almost every day, I didn’t think that it would really matter what I wore on the date as long as it was decent. After changing my outfit I did my hair and makeup. It was five forty-five when I was finished with everything.

I was walking down the stairs and as soon as I saw my parents sitting down there I realized that I had not thought everything completely through. I had yet to tell my parents that I was going anywhere tonight.

“Mom, Dad,” I called as I entered the living room where they were sitting. “I’m going out with Sasha tonight, maybe see a movie or something, bye.”

They nodded before my mom said, “Alright see you.”

I walked out of the house and waited on the steps outside the door. It wasn’t long before Alistar pulled up in his car. He got out and walked over to me.

“What are you doing outside?” He asked confused.

“I just didn’t want my mom and dad to know that I’m going on a date. They’d make a big deal out of it or something,” I explained.

“Their little girl’s all grown up,” he teased with a goofy smile. “And going out with a hot guy.”

“Really what hot guy are we talking about here?” I looked over his shoulder. “Because all I see is you.”

“Ha ha, very funny. You’re the one that’s going out with me so let’s go.” We both got into his car before we were heading off to…have our date.

“Where are we going?”

“I was thinking dinner, maybe at the diner on Davis Street?”

“Sounds good to me, they have the best food there.” We talked and joked the whole ride over to the diner and arrived soon after. We didn’t have to wait long to be seated at a booth in the corner of the room. It was a good seat to have it was set off by itself while still being near the rest of the people at the same time. The booth’s cushions sunk in when you sat at them. They were a rich ruby red color that matched the silver tables beautifully. It was a sort of old fashioned diner with an old working jukebox near the counter.

When the waitress came around to our table Alistar and I both ordered a hamburger with a coke.

“We finally are having our first date,” Alistar commented when the waitress left to fill our order.

“Yeah it only took how long?”

“I know. I thought it’d never come.”

Alistar gave me a couple quarters. “Here go pick a couple songs on the juke box.”