"Friends"

A night of drinking

2 weeks later

Today is the day Ariana leaves. It saddened me a little. But I shouldn't worry. Most guys would be happy about this but for some reason I'm not. Oddly, I feel guilty..

I dropped Ariana at the airport. I helped her with the luggage & kissed her goodbye.

Driving back home, I didn't know what to do. I'm alone & will be for the next 8 weeks. I decided to give a call to a couple of my guy friends. It's been a while.

Sadly, all of them were busy. I've never   been so bored in my life. I would call Ariel but then again, that wouldn't be such a good idea. I'm scared that urges will kick. I just want to try to stay away from Ariel as possible.

Ariel POV

As I was applying my make up , all I could think about was Max. His face kept creeping into my head. I wanted to stop thinking about him. It wasn't right. He's my best friend & Ariana is as well. I don't want to ruin their happiness.

I shake my 'dirty' thoughts away & continue to put make up on. You know why?

A date.

Yes. A date. Me. My friend Cooper knew a guy, a single guy, named Rob. Cooper thought it would be a good idea to set us both on a blind date. It sucks because I don't even know what this man looks like.

Though, this is something new & I should try new things. Something to distract me from Max.

We're supposed to meet at some fancy restaurant called 'D'noer'. He's supposed to be wearing a polka dot tie. I'm supposed to be wearing a bright red flowy dress.

I wish I had someone's opinion on how I look but I need confidence in this.

After getting ready, the best I can, I finally drove to the resteraunt.  I entered in & tried to search for a man wearing a polka dot tie. What's funny is that half the men in the restaurant were wearing polka dot ties.

I blow out some air & try to see if Rob spots me. Behind me, I felt taping on my left shoulder. I turn around to see a 6'4 male, dressed in just black & white with a polka dot tie. His eyes were dark blue as his hair was black as his outfit.

"Are you Ariel?" He asks with a low voice.

I nodd my head shyly. He was beautiful.  I couldn't believe my eyes. At first I was thinking this guy would be 5 inches shorter than me with a diamond earing & some cheap chains. I honestly didn't think Cooper would set me up with someone this hot.

The waiter takes us to our resivated seats. Rob pulled out one of the chairs for me. I gushed & said 'thank you'.

He seated himself & gave me a warm smile. I could feel myself melt in the inside. His smile was so cute & his jawline was strong.

"I didn't think Cooper would actually get me a date with a beautiful woman such as yourself." He giggled.

"I didn't either. Cooper in the past set me up with terrible guys. One of them was chewing on their nails while talking. This other one tried to take my car. The last guy , oh boy , just wanted to find out if he's actually into girls but turned out , he's attracted to males."  He laughs.

"Cooper sometimes has terrible taste. This one time, he set up this date for me. She was very pretty. What sucked was that she was already married & I'm not the type to guy for taken girls. You're not taken, right ? 'Cause that would be such a shame for me." I giggle & shake my head.

The rest of the night was perfect. He was such a gentlemen. He definitely got my mind off of Max. Great. I just reminded myself of him again. I'm terrible at this.