Scar

FOUR

Twenty minutes before Josh picks me up, I quickly check that I look okay. I'm just going out with him as a friend, so I decide to keep myself simple as I choose to wear my black skinny jeans, shoulder-less maroon bodysuit, and my black booties. It's probably best if I take a light jacket with me if it gets cold.

I grab my phone from my nightstand and head downstairs. Esme sits on a couch with her laptop on her lap. "Hey Esme, I'm heading out. I'll probably be back no later than midnight."

She sits up and gives me a funny stare, "Ooo girl, who are you going out with?"

"Oh you know," I reply to her as I grab a cup of water.

"Is it Josh?" She yells out loud.

"Yeah," I take a sip of my water, "but please don't assume anything. You already know I don't want anything serious. It's too soon and will probably always be too soon."

Suddenly, I'm mad. Not at her but at my own thoughts about him.

She drops her laptop on the couch and runs towards me, pulling me into a hug. "I'm so sorry Scar! I didn't mean to put any ideas in your head!"

I try not to tear up like I always do and I hug her back tightly, "It's okay. It's not your fault, if anything it's just me being stupid."

"No! Scar! I'm really sorry." She keeps hugging and gives me a quick kiss on my cheek when someone knocks at the door.

"That's probably Josh! I'll get the door while you go take a deep breath before you leave."

I walk into the bathroom just to check I didn't mess up my mascara but I looked okay. I add a bit more gloss on my lips and head out.

"Hey Josh."

He stares at me, top to bottom, making me blush.

"You look really nice."

"Thanks, you do too."

"Are you ready to go?"

"Yeah let me just grab my purse."

Josh opens the door for me as we head out.

"Bye you two, have fun!" Esme yells at us both making us both laugh at how goofy she is.

Josh opens the door to his car for me and I sit inside, waiting for him to go around to the driver's side.

"So where are we going?" I ask with curiosity.

"We are going to get dinner first, then, hm, I didn't really have this planned out but we can probably get a drink at a bar or I'm down to do whatever you want."

I'm honestly pretty nervous right now. This is the first time in a long time I go out with a guy. Now I'm probably going to bore him.

"Are you okay?" He's stares at me as he stops at a red light. I had been too busy playing with my fingers to even notice where we were at.

"Yeah! I was just thinking about something I had forgotten to do for class."

He gives me a really sweet smile and continues to drive as the light turned green.

We arrive at this one really popular Korean BBQ place in Alhambra. It's so packed with people! We're probably going to wait about two hours just get a table because I know for a fact that this place doesn't take reservations.

We walk inside into the lobby to put our names on the wait-list.

The hostess greets us and asks Josh for his name.

"Actually, Jae left a note to reserve a table. I'm Josh." Wow, this guy was really trying to impress me. It makes me feel just kind of weird that I've know Josh for the longest time and I had a feeling since the beginning that he's been into me, I just can't ever lead him on to be something else other than just a great friend and workmate.