Do you ever really not want to do something? Like it physically makes you feel sick to do it but you do it anyway because you're an idiot. Also because despite not wanting to do it something deep inside you tells you to suck it up and face your fears. Well I have that feeling right now. Why? Because I have agreed to meet Nora the love of my life at least at the moment who turned me down last night. Who ripped my ego in half. Who made me feel like the biggest jerk in the world. But there's this part of me that wants and needs to see her again and when she says to meet her you do. Because it's her. Because you'll do anything she asks.
I kick at the sand and look out at the sea. It's so vast and ever changing. It's scary and deep. It's just like Nora.
Jesus Riley stop it. You aren't a freaking poet you're a teenage boy you don't need to be so philisophical all the time. This is probably why Nora doesn't like you.
"Riley?"
I jump. Because I've been so wrapped up in my own thoughts I've neglected to notice Nora standing behind me.
"Hey," I say trying to sound manly after I just jumped a mile at the sound of my name.
She comes closer to me and she looks incredibly nervous and uncormfortable. I feel sorry for her.
"Listen Nora you don't need to apologise or anything I was a jerk. I shouldn't-"
"Stop it. I want to um reconsider your offer." She scratches at the back of her neck and I think my pulse is beating dangerously too fast.
"What?" I say although it sounds more like "Wh-a-ttt?"
She sighs and sits down on the sand. "I want to reconsider the uh offer you made last night. But I have a few things to add or change I guess."
I sit down next to her trying not to show how excited/ confused I am. "Okay. State the changes the lady wants to make."
She smiles a little. "I will 'go out with you' but I'm not going to 'date you' as such. I'm not looking for a boyfriend Riley, I'm not even looking for any friends. What I'm proposing is that we go on one date. But I'm not going to fall hopelessly in love with you okay? It's just one date. Because you bought me Tim Tams and that's only fair. Oh and I'll pay for my share of the dinner."
"So it will be dinner then?" I say smiling.
"It will be dinner. Tomorrow night at a resturaunt of my choice. 7:00 pm sharp."
"Okay but if it is a date then I am obliged to pick you up."
"No, no. I'll meet you at the resturaunt. I am not having you pick me up."
"Why?" I say kind of hurt but hoping I don't show it.
"My father will want to ask questions and meet you and that's just... I'm not up for it okay?"
"Well... okay. What is this place we will be eating dinner at?" I ask.
"Rita's. It's a Mexican place. Right near the Aloah hotel, you won't miss it."
"Where's the Aloah hotel?"
She sighs, "I forgot you aren't a local. Umm I'll meet you right here at quarter to seven okay? We'll walk there together."
"Sounds good. Do you want my phone number in case you need to call?"
"You have mine so it'll be fine."
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"You're chirpy tonight." Dad says at dinner.
"I just love life at the moment!" I say sticking my fork through a piece of ravioli.
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Nora
Teen Fiction"It was an infatuation with an unattainable girl. You were in love with the idea of her. Not her."-Riley Lawrence, expert in love and how to survive high school. Riley Lawrence is a survivor. His friend Nora (and the love of his short life) is a fi...
