For some odd reason, I don't want to miss out on Rade week. Gotta admit, Zen's got a good line up for the week suggestions. So, as a daring attempt to be as awesome as I can be, I'm gonna try to write all seven scenarios in this week, and I'm gonna compile them all under one story group. Here's to hoping I can live up to this herculean task. May the awesome be with me.
Since it's Monday, that makes this Romantic Comedy day. So, here's a story that should get you laughing and feeling the love. Hope you enjoy. This one is called, Good Burgers, Good Game.
"Cat…I don't feel comfortable with this at all," Robbie whined, putting his books into his locker. Cat twirled her hair and stared back at her friend as he shut his locker.
"But Robbie…" she mimicked, giggling afterwards at Robbie's annoyed expression. "You haven't had any dates at all for what seems like years! Give this a chance, you might like it." Robbie began walking towards the vending machines, with Cat following close behind.
"Cat, as much as I know you're trying to help, I'm not ready for internet blind dating," he said, pressing the button for a Wahoo Punch. "Seems kind of like a desperate, last ditch effort to get a date." As he reached for his drink, he rose up and saw Cat looking back at him, with a slightly confused look on her face.
"But…You are kinda desperate," she said innocently.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Robbie asked. Cat then looked back at him in shock.
"What's THAT supposed to mean?" she retorted. Robbie was caught off guard by this, so he began to pat her shoulder.
"Nothing, Cat," he told her. "I just don't want to do it. You never know who's gonna be waiting for you and…steal your pants when you get to the date."
"That's the fun of it, Robbie!" Cat exclaimed. "You'll meet a girl and then you could have fun, or she might steal your pants. Either way, you're going to have a good story to tell people."
"I'll take my chances asking girls out myself," he told her. As he began to walk towards the exit, Cat grabbed his arm and dragged him back to the center of the hallway. He turned to face her, and sighed, "What?"
"You're going to do this, Robbie," she said sternly. "You never get to go out on any dates as it is." Robbie was surprised at her blunt statement.
"I can get a date if I wanted to," he said, starting to look around the crowds of people. He noticed one girl from his math class who was talking to her friends, and discretely pointed at her. "Watch this, Cat." He then strolled towards the girl, tapped her on the shoulder, causing her to turn around. She saw it was Robbie, and sighed.
"What do you want, Shapiro?" she asked.
"Well, ahem…" he started, "I was wondering if you had any plans this weekend. Uh…do you?" Robbie felt a nervous sweat start up as she stared back at him with indifference in her eyes. She then brightened up and let out a smile.
"Nope," she said cheerily.
"Oh!" Robbie said, letting out a bigger grin. "Well, I was wondering if you wanted to go out on Saturday to this new burger place that opened up off of Hollywood Boulevard. What do you say?"
"Well," she seductively said, rubbing the side of Robbie's face. "What if instead of saying it, how about you pucker up and close your eyes? I'll bet you'll be surprised…" She winked at the nerdy teen, who then froze up. He smiled, and complied with her request. After what seemed like an eternity, he then felt a hand grab at the Wahoo Punch he was holding and splash it on his face. He opened his eyes and stared back at the girl, who was laughing along with her friends at Robbie's expense. As they walked up the stairs, Robbie turned back to Cat, who stared back sympathetically.
"You know what?" Robbie said. "I think I might give the online blind date a shot." This caused Cat to cheer, and she rushed to hug her friend as he was drying off his glasses.
"Yay!" she shouted. "That's good, because I already signed you up! Even gave it all of your information." Robbie was surprised that she took the initiative, but didn't mind since she was looking out for him.
"Thanks, Cat," he said, rubbing her shoulder. "So, how does it work?"
"All you have to do is wait for the site to email you the details of the date, and then you get to go to a place that both of you put as a like," Tori explained to Jade, who was storming towards her car.
"When I told you to help me get over Beck, I didn't expect you to sign me up for a stupid dating site," Jade shouted. "Now I'm going to have creeps and losers harassing me all the time." Tori rolled her eyes and raised her arms up.
"I just told you that the site picks them and protects you from random harassment," she explained. "This way, you'll find a good match. Give it a shot."
"No!" Jade shouted back. She then got into the car and drove off for her home, leaving Tori behind in the school parking lot. She hurried back to her house, and went straight to her room. She set down her purse and lied on her bed, sighing out all of the stress of the day, when the familiar ding of her email notification on her computer.
"What could it be now?" she asked herself, rising to check her computer. She opened her inbox and saw an email from . She rolled her eyes and became frustrated once again.
"Damn it, Vega…" she muttered, contemplating clicking on the delete button. Then she remembered how she had been trying to get over her break up with Beck, and that even she knew that dating someone else would help.
"Guess it couldn't hurt to look," she sighed. She then opened the message and read it aloud.
"Dear LightUpTheDark, We have taken some time and searched through our database and we've found the best match for you. His name is GoodGuyGiraffe, and we've recommended that you and he go to dinner at a new up and coming restaurant. What do you say? Want to take the blind date? Just hit the yes button, and we'll set up the rest."
After reading this, she scoffed at the name of the guy they paired her up with.
"GoodGuyGiraffe?" she mocked. "Sounds like a match for Cat or something…But if the stupid site picked him…" She shook her head and got up, pacing back and forth in her room.
"What am I thinking? No way am I going out with a stranger," she said. "He's probably a weirdo or freak of nature. No. No, no, no, no, no." After staring at her computer screen for a few minutes, she ran up and clicked the yes button. After ten minutes, she got another email, which she promptly opened and read.
"Good news, LightUpTheDark. GoodGuyGiraffe also wants to go on a blind date with you. And, as an added bonus, you two have won a CyberCupid giveaway. We shall pay to rent out the entire restaurant, and pay for your meals. The date is this Saturday, 7:30 pm at…" She stopped reading to scroll down to reveal the location of the date. When she read it, her jaw dropped.
"Are you freaking kidding me?" she asked.
Robbie sat outside of the restaurant, checking his pear phone for the time. The clock read 7:26, causing him to sigh due to nervousness.
"I still can't believe Cat picked GoodGuyGiraffe for my name," he muttered to himself. "But still, this LightUp girl said yes, so that says something." He then looked up at the sign of the building he was standing by. He was surprised that CyberCupids paid for the entire thing, but wasn't sure if the place was going to be any good. As he stared up at the sign, he heard the sound of a car door shutting and footsteps approaching him.
"You have got to be kidding me," a familiar voice said. Robbie spun around to see Jade West crossing her arms. She then snipped, "Please tell me you aren't GoodGuyGiraffe."
"Sorry, Cat picked the name before I could do anything," he explained. "This must make you LightUpTheDark?" Jade rolled her eyes.
"Vega picked the name," she said. "So, I'm going home. You want a ride back?" She began walking towards her car, but was stopped by Robbie. She turned around to see him grabbing her arm.
"Come on, the Cupid people paid for it, right?" he reminded her. "Let's just eat some dinner and try to enjoy the evening." Jade stared back at Robbie, who was smiling warmly back at her.
"Whatever," she said. "Let's just go inside and see what kind of place they've sent us to." As they walked in, the door jingled a bell alarming the employees that they had entered.
"Well, according to the internet, this place has some of the best food in California," Robbie said. "Plus, they pride themselves on one of a kind service."
"Welcome to Good Burger, home of the Good Burger. Can I take your order?" a surfer accent greeted with as the duo walked in. The two teens looked up and saw a young black man wearing a blue pinstripe shirt and paper hat. He also wore a black bow tie and a pin that read, "I'm Ed". Ed had a goofy smile on his face, and waited patiently for their order.
"Uh…" Robbie began, "we're here for the date. CyberCupid?" Ed began to look puzzled.
"I'm sorry, but we don't sell any CyberCupids," he said blankly. "We sell burgers, and fries, and shakes, and…" He was cut off by an angry Jade.
"Are you really that stupid?" she asked. Ed merely smiled back at her.
"No, I'm Ed," he told her, pointing at his nametag. "See? It says so right here." As he said that, Jade threw down her purse and began to leap over the counter to attack him. Ed took a hesitant step back, while Robbie did his best to hold her back. As soon as Jade knocked over some bottles of ketchup and mustard, a large man in a blue shirt with a pinstripe tie came out from the kitchen.
"Ed!" he shouted. "What did you do to get THESE customers mad?"
"Mr. Bailey, they asked me if we had any CyberCupid dates," he said. "I don't remember us placing any order for those." Mr. Bailey then shook his head.
"Ed, these are the two kids who that website said would be eating here tonight," he explained. "They gave us a blank check for their food, remember? You poured hot cheese on the man's hands."
"Well, he said he was giving us some serious cheese for the people coming tonight, and I was just trying to repay him," Ed explained.
Robbie and Jade stared in disbelief at Mr. Bailey's indifference to the incident. Instead, he turned to them and asked, "So, you're the couple that is here on the blind date?" Robbie nodded while Jade picked up her purse angrily. Mr. Bailey nodded, and gestured towards a booth. As the teens sat down, he placed in front of them two menus and a candle.
"Ed'll be here soon to take your order," he said as he walked back behind the counter. Robbie picked his menu up and looked at the selection. He looked back at Jade, whose eyes glazed over the options.
"Does everything on this menu have to be called 'Good'?" she asked. "Good Burgers, Good Fries, Good Shake? Good grief…"
"So…" Robbie said, trying to break her anger. "How've you been?" Jade switched her attention from the menu up to Robbie, raising an eyebrow to his question.
"Just peachy, Robbie," she sarcastically said. "How've you been?"
"Well, I got my drink thrown in my face today," he admitted, looking back at his menu to avoid her seeing his embarrassment.
"Let me guess, Rex asked a girl her bra size and she took it out on you?" Jade smirked at her joke, while Robbie sarcastically chuckled.
"No, Rex didn't go to school today," Robbie replied. "I tried asking a girl from my math class out, and she gave me the usual response in the form of an action."
"Poor Shapiro," Jade said. "You shoot, you miss, but at least you try." Robbie laughed, and put on his best cocky face.
"Yeah, and now I'm happy that she turned me down," he said. "She pales in comparison to my date now." He smirked, causing Jade to chuckle, blushing slightly.
"I thought that this was just dinner between friends?" she asked.
"Come on, let me have this one date?" he asked. "Break my streak of no dates with a good one, I hope." Jade then looked at Robbie, and saw that he was really hoping that she'd consider this to be a date. She then smiled at him and grabbed his hand.
"Fair enough, Robbie," she said. "It's a date. Just don't bore me, or I'll give you some serious hell."
"Deal," Robbie laughed. As he said that, Ed walked up to their booth.
"Hey, dudes," he said. "As you can remember, my name is Ed, and I'll be your waiter for dinner. So…can I take your order?" Robbie and Jade looked at the menus for a bit, and closed them.
"I think I'd like a classic Good Burger, with Good Fries and a medium Good Shake," Robbie said. "What would you like, Jade?"
"The Good Chicken Salad looks…good," she said, causing Robbie to smile. "I'll have that and a medium Good Shake also."
"Whoa, you guys have excellent taste," Ed said. He then leaned in close to them and whispered, "Want me to add my secret sauce to anything?"
"What?!" Jade shouted. Robbie looked at Ed nervously, who didn't seem fazed by anything.
"What do you mean by your 'secret sauce'?" he asked nervously.
"Oh, I make my own homemade sauce and we use it here," he explained. "It was my friend Dexter's idea. We made a lot of money of it and saved Good Burger from Mondo Burger."
"Aren't they the ones that got shut down for using some chemical to make bigger burgers?" Jade asked.
"Yep," Ed smiled.
"I remember now," Robbie said. "The manager said that a Good Burger employee broke in and poured their supply into the meat grinder, causing the burgers to get so big they exploded. Do you know anything about that?" Ed began to look around sheepishly.
"Uh…no?" he said. "I'll be right back with your food. I'll just put my sauce on the side." He then went back to the kitchen, leaving the two teens to their conversation.
"He seems nice," Robbie said.
"For a fast food guy, sure," Jade added. "So, do you want to talk about the test in Sikowitz's class, or do you want to talk about some random thing?" Robbie thought for a bit, and decided to see if he could catch her off guard.
"How about the blushing game?" he suggested. Jade looked up at Robbie, curious as to what he had just suggested.
"What is the blushing game?" she asked.
"I heard about it from a cousin of mine," he explained. "A guy and the girl start doing whatever they can think of to make the other blush." Jade smiled.
"Very gutsy of you, Shapiro," she said. "I like it. Let's play. You first." Before he could think of something, Ed came up with their food.
"I'm a dude, he's a dude, she's a dude, 'cause we're all dudes, HEY!" he sang as he distributed the food. "There you go. Hope you enjoy it."
"That sure was fast," Robbie said in amazement.
"They don't call it 'fast food' for nothing, dude," Ed said. "Now I gotta go clean the fryers. Yell if you need anything." He then walked away.
"Is it the game or food first, Robbie?" Jade asked. Robbie thought for a bit, then picked up his burger.
"Who says we can't do both, Beautiful?" he smiled, causing Jade to tense up and go noticeably red. Robbie chuckled and said, "One point for me."
"Laugh it up, Robbie," Jade said, grabbing her fork. "I have my ways to get you back." She then took a piece of chicken and suggestively opened her mouth, staring Robbie in the eye as she slowly took a bite. This caused Robbie to go bright red.
"Men," Jade laughed. "Show a little cleavage, bat the eyelashes, and they're putty in a woman's hands."
"Fair and true enough," Robbie admitted. "You definitely have an advantage there. But all's fair in love and war."
"And don't you forget it, Giraffe," Jade joked, winking at him, causing him to become redder.
"Two for you," he said, taking a bite out of his burger.
"Whoa, you guys sure have been here a long time," Ed said. "You might even beat Otis's record of three days." Robbie and Jade looked at the clock, and saw that two hours had passed since they entered.
"Dang, I guess we just got into the conversation and lost track of time," Robbie said. "Sorry if we took up so much time."
"Oh, don't worry about it," Ed told him. "Once you have a Good Burger, you get lost in the good times. Heh."
"Yeah, it was surprisingly great for fast food," Jade admitted. "We should bring everyone else here and let them try it out." As she said that, Mr. Bailey came out from the kitchen.
"Please do," he said. "More customers means better business, and then I'll be able to afford that trip to Acapulco with my mom." Robbie and Jade looked at each other, and back to Mr. Bailey.
"Well…anything to help, I guess," Robbie said. "Well, we'll get back here as soon as we can. Have a nice night."
"Where do I get a nice knight?" Ed asked. "Aren't they stuck in medieval times?"
"Never mind, Ed," Jade said. "We'll see you later." Ed smiled and waved goodbye. Then the two teens walked out.
"So, that wasn't a bad date, was it?" Robbie asked. "I mean, I had a good time, and I was hoping we could do this again." Jade smiled and thought for a bit.
"What was the score on the blushing game again?" she asked.
"Um…It was tied at twelve to twelve," Robbie said nervously.
"I guess it wasn't a bad date after all," she joked. "Although, if you had won I would've considered giving you another chance…"
Robbie then froze in place. He wasn't sure what to do. He knew that all he had to do was get her to blush one more time and that he'd win the second date. His mind searched frantically, but couldn't think of anything. He stared back at Jade, who stared back at him with a defiant smirk, when he became fixated on the lipstick she had used. It was like they spoke for her lips, calling out to him. He then, as if he were on auto-pilot, approached her and grabbed her arms.
"What the f…" she started to say but was cut off by Robbie pressing his lips against hers. He closed his eyes tight, prepared for the worst to happen. Much to his surprise, he didn't feel her fist collide with his head, or her knee in his groin. Instead, he felt her arms break free of his softened grip and wrap around him.
"Whoa!" a familiar voice called out from the store. Robbie and Jade turned around and saw Ed smiling from the door, rolling past them on inline skates. "I never knew my sauce could do that for people. Heh." This caused the teens to laugh, while Ed skated down the street. As he left, he shouted, "Well, GOODNIGHT! I'm a dude, he's a dude, she's a dude, 'cause we're all dudes. HEY! I'm a dude…"
"Ok, he is a nice guy," Jade said. She then turned to Robbie. "So, Shapiro, you managed to win the game, as you can see." As she said that, she gestured to her now flushed cheeks. "What do you want to do on our next date?"
Robbie smiled, and wrapped his arm around her shoulder.
"Let's talk about it on the way to your house," he whispered into her ear.
"Sounds like a good idea to me," she whispered back, kissing him slightly on the cheek. She then felt a warmth come from his cheek.
"Great, tied again," Robbie joked.
Well, there's your romantic comedy. Hope the nineties people appreciated the cameo by everyone's favorite dude. And to anybody who doesn't know about Ed or Good Burger, not that there's anything wrong with that, go on youtube and find the All That clips and even the movie. I'm a dude, he's a dude, she's a dude, 'cause we're all dudes. HEY!
But anyway, did you like this one? Let me know in a review. Hope my next chapter/story does good. Supernatural stuff should be fun. Ideas, ideas...
Peace.