"She's with Me"

The Date Happened

Cassedy's pov

It was the next day and the date was set. Jason had asked me to meet him on on campus by the cafe so that we'd go from there.

"Where is he!" Lauren paced, making her steps known to everyone around. Her arms were at her side scrunched up like she was ready to hit something.

"Okay Lauren, you didn't even need to come. You INSISTED." I looked at her flatly, and she turned for her front to facee now.

"Yeah and?" She crossed her arms

"When I say insisted, I mean you literally put me in headlock until I said yes" I growled, not actually angry at th moment, but thinking back on the though was horrible. She had a habit of waking me up before 8 am and it ticks me off.

"Yeah, only because you threw your literal PHONE at me" she stood her ground, arms crossed, and sleeves rolled up.

"Whatever. I'm sure he'll be here soon" I rolled my eyes "you can't expect him to be 100% on time after all. He's a guy" settling back into my seat, she turned around her back face me and mumbled "Ace would be on time. I don't get why you just don't go out with him"

"He'll be here soon. And can you please, not mention Ace? This date is supposed to make me forget him. Not think about why he's "better" " I air quoted

She rolled her eyes and took a seat across from me, her leg shaking like crazy

"Why are you more nervous for this date than I am" I laughed, noticing her stone cold expression

"Because I did my best picking out th perfect outfit and perfecting your make up teaching you what to do on these types of dates and he isn't even here! Hes late! Who would even do that? 20 minutes late? Really?"
She rambled on for minutes angrily. I eventually tuned her out as the sound of her stressing out was making me more nervous. What if this date didn't go well? I mean, really how bad can it really get? Worse case scenario, he realizes I'm a 'Nerd with a pretty face' as Lauren says and walks out on me. But Jason isn't that kind of person. I just hoped the date went well. For Jason's sake. If he messed this up, Lauren would fuck him up and that's what I'm scared of. Surely it wouldn't go that bad, right?

The bell on the top corner of the cafe door rings and a few footsteps make its way torwards us, cutting off Lauren rant

"Finally! Where the hell have you been?" Her arms flung all around like son old lady yelling at kids to get off her lawn. I laugh loudly, standing up I adjust myself and make my way to Jason.

"You look..wow" he sighs in amazement. I smile widely at the compliment.

Well, you don't hear that often I say to myself

I look up and notice him gazing at me like I was a new video game set.

"You don't look to bad either, if I do say so myself" he chuckles at my comment but I immediately noticed how cheesy that line was.

"Sorry..that was bad" I wiggle my toes, knowing no other motion to do right now

"It's alright" he smiles a dashing smile,
"It's cute"

"Bleh" Lauren yells. "Save the flirting for he date. Now go, you're gonna be late" she pushes me to him

"Okay, okay" I turn to Jason again "ready?"

He nods and we head to his car

The ride there wasn't really awkward. We didn't speak. There was little interaction but it felt normal, almost like a friend vibe which wasn't really good for a date. There was a few small talk things like "Is your seat set okay? Is it to cold? Are you comfortable?" But that was it. And now we just sat in silence. I tapped my arm against the car door arm rest and watched as the world went by through the window.