Title: Dinner Date
Author: Shauna
Feedback: Yes! Send it to jazzofborg@yahoo.com
Rating: PG-13 for a few words.
Show: Boston Public
Spoilers: The Premier
Couple: Scott Guber and Lauren romance
Archiving: Let me know before you post it. I like to come
and visit;}
Lauren walked out to her car and thought about Scott in
his office listening to that classical symphonic music. He
wasn't getting sick any more than she was, he has seen that
damn website!
It was total bullshit, of course but he didn't know that!
Then he decides to do the noble thing and call their date
off, damn it. If she hadn't wanted to go out with him, she
would have said no.
Now, he thought she was repulsed by him, wasn't that just
a hoot? All this time, she'd been watching him, waiting for
him to even ask her for coffee and now, thanks to a stupid
website he retracted his offer!
This was making Lauren more and more pissed as she drove
home. This absolutely bites.
She got home, and flung her purse on the couch as she
stomped over to the phone. Her cat howled a protest at the
heavy bag landing on him, but then he saw her. Wisely he
decided to avoid bloodshed and skulked away.
Lauren picked up the phone and dialed the school number
then Guber's extension before she could decide what she was
doing was insane.
It rang once, twice, three times. It looked like Scott had
already- "Hello?"
What to say? What to say? What to say? What to say?
"Uh..hi, this is Lauren, um, if you haven't eaten yet, and
if you feel up to it...do you want to go out to dinner?" She
said real fast, absolutely shocked she was doing this.
She could sense through the phone that Guber was stunned
as well. "If you're not feeling all right-" She started to
say.
"No, no, I think I can handle dinner. Did you have any
place special in mind?"
Her mind went blank. She had lived in this city all her
life and suddenly she couldn't remember a single restaurant.
"Lauren?" Scott said, "Do you like Mexican?"
"Mexican? Yeah, yeah, I like Mexican."
"Have you ever been to that place across from the
Blockbuster Video on Fairmont?"
"No, actually, I've seen it. Is it good?"
"Yeah, it looks like a trashy bar, but appearances can be
deceiving, how about I pick you up?"
"Yeah, that'd be great. Uh, where are you?"
"I'm in my car, actually."
"You're in the car, but I called your office number?"
"I have the calls there routed to my cell phone until
eight at night."
"Oh, well, yeah, I can see how that'd be useful. Do you
know where I live?" She fumbled around.
"Not exactly, somewhere around the loop."
"Yeah, that's about it." She gave him directions, hung up
the phone and did a little mental math. It would talk him
about fifteen minutes to get to her house, which left her
roughly fifteen minutes to get dressed!
She flew around to the bedroom, choosing and rejecting
dozens of sweaters, blouses, and skirt before deciding on a
green blouse and a matching skirt that showed off her legs.
Lauren was just touching up on her makeup when the phone
rang again.
"Hello?" She answered the phone.
"Hey, girlfriend!" Marilyn Sudor said cheerfully.
"Uh, hi. I can't really talk now."
"Aw! And here I was looking to get the dish on you and
Guber." Marilyn pouted through the phone.
"What dish? He saw that damn website! So I had to call him
and ask him out."
"You what? You asked Guber out? Oh baby! When are you
going?"
Lauren looked up as she saw headlights appear in the
driveway. "Now. I'll call you when I get home."
"I want details!" Marilyn squealed when the phone
disconnected.
Scott slowly walked up the driveway, taking in the sights.
Lauren lived in a new apartment building. There were plants
on the porch and a fat brown cat laying on the stoop.
He knocked on the door then bent down to pet the cat. It
purred and rolled over to have his belly scratched.
Scott looked up when he heard the door opening.
"Hi." She said. She had changed into something green, which
made her look wonderful. He told her so. She ducked her
head and blushed. "Thanks. I see you've met Henry."
Scott stood up slowly. "Yeah. I guess he's yours?"
"No, actually, he just sort of showed up, everyone around
here feeds him."
"Oh, well, shall we go?" Scott offered his arm.
Lauren smiled as he escorted her to the car.
"We shall."
The End