When I arrived home later that day I parked my car in our "cute" little driveway to our "cute" little house. I walked through the door an dplaced my babckpack on the kitchen island.
"Mom, I'm home." I yelled up to whoever was around.
"Okay honey, I'm in the garden out back." I heard her faintly yell. I ran upstairs to my room and sat at my lap top. I checked my away message that said "Regretfully at school. Leave one." Yet like usual, no one did. I took my away message off. I started to open up my screenplay and begin working on it. I was in the middle of writing the most intense sex scene I had ever written or really ever heard. You could tell how single I was by the very detail in which I wrote. I hadn't really ever had a serious girlfriend and the only time I had ever kissed was two years ago at the summer camp for the performing arts. Her name was Maggie. She was cute. The first time we kissed was during a game of truth or dare. Apparently she felt something that I hadn't and we became a "thing". We would skip lunch and head back to her cabin and make out on her bed. We almost had sex but I was well to scared to…perform. After that, we ended our "thing". Distracting me from my thoughts and my fats typing was someone imming me. Anarchy224, Collins.
Anarchy224: so, I talked to Lexi.
Throughthelens: ok…?
Anarchy224: she's friends with Maureen.
Throughthelens: and…
Anarchy224: she thinks you're cute.
Throughthelens: what?! Why would you ask her?!
Anarchy224: I didn't ask her. Lexi did.
Throughthelens: Oh Collins, why would you do that?
Anarchy224: Because Mark needs to get laid.
Throughthelens: and she's planning on sleeping with me?!
Anarchy224: if you play your cards right, maybe.
Throughthelens: and you know this because….
Anarchy224: I don't
Throughthelens: exactly.
Anarchy224: But Mark, she thinks you're cute. Give her a shot.
Throughthelens: I don't know, I mean now it's going to be awkward when I see her because she'll think I'm interested in her.
Anarchy224: Well aren't you?
Throughthelens: Yes, but I didn't want her to know that!
Anarchy224: well how are you planning on getting with her if she doesn't know you're interested?
Throughthelens: I don't know, I mean…arrrg! I'm leaving. Bye.
Anarchy224: Mark, grow up. I'm going to go talk to Lexi. See you in a few.
I signed off right after. Oh man. I don't even know if I like this girl. I mean she could be an axe murderer for all I know. I don't know anything about her. Oh man, I don't even know her last name! Alright, I just need to chill. I mean it's just a girl. Whatever. I felt my phone vibrate from inside my pocket and I checked the caller id and it said Collins.
"Didn't I just finish talking to you?" I said in a half laugh.
"Open your front door." I was slightly confused.
"What are you stalking me now?" I asked. He hung up. I still had the phone up to my ear and I opened the door.
"Man, why'd you lock your door?" He said walking in.
"Well this Scarsdale, last time I checked. I guess my mom must have left and locked when she went out."
"What are you wearing?"
"Clothes. Well if you want specifics. This shirt is just a plain blue cotton tee with a darker blue stripe across the chest and these pants—"
"Not what I meant. Go change."
"Why? I like this outfit. Besides what are we doing?"
"Going out."
"Ok…where?"
"With girls."
"Which girls?"
"Lexi and Maureen."
"What?! We were just talking online and now we're going out with them? Collins I told you to leave it alone! And how come you didn't tell me?!"
"I said 'See you in a few' I thought that pretty much meant what I said."
"I assumed it meant see you later. As in you know, tomorrow." He started walking up my stairs. "Look there's no time to argue we have to pick them up in like 25 minutes."
"25 minutes!!" I was now following him to my room.
"Well it would have been 30 if someone didn't yap my ear off." He opened my door and walked over to my closet.
"Wait we have to pick them up?"
"Do you speak English? Yes we have to pick them up."
"But you don't have a car."
"But you do." He said. He held up one of my shirts and examined it.
"Collins, I really don't want to do this, I mean its going to be awkward."
"Well wouldn't it be more awkward if we didn't show up and had to see them in school tomorrow? Here put this on." He through my brown polo with the tan stripe at me. I took off my blue shirt and put the brown one on.
"I don't know why I let you do these things to me." I tussled my hair back into the position it was in and examined myself in the mirror. "This is going to be weird."
"Only if you make it weird."
"Well you and Lexi have hooked up before so I don't know, its just going to be wicked awkward between and Maureen."
"Trust me, buddy, I'll be there the whole time if there is an awkward silence I will be there to make it…unsilent."
I grunted as if out of annoyment, but I was kind of excited. I mean she was pretty. Let's just see how this goes.
"Alright, we've got ten minutes, so let's head out."
"Ok boss." We started out of my room and down the stairs. I wrote a note for who ever saw it first and left it on the kitchen table. We left the house and hopped in my car. The butterflies in my stomach started to dance and my palms were kind of sweaty. Collins must have been able to tell how I was feeling because as we pulled out the driveway he said:
"Don't worry. It will be fine."
