Chapter 3

Date or No Date?

Alex's POV

The fiery sun has finally taken its break as it descended under the horizon, waiting to arise once more in the morning, as for now, its break time, leaving behind the pink, fluffy clouds as a departing gift. I awoke from my nap with a groggily start as I let out a big yawn and rubbed my eyes to wake myself up a bit more.

"Ahh that was a nice ~ nap… Say what time is it anyway?" I spoke aloud to no one in particular as I let out yet another big yawn and looked at my old buddy, the alarm clock for my answer.

"Oh. My. Baby Jesus, I overslept!" I squeaked as I realized that it was 7:20 P.M., taking 15 minutes to get ready, and about 25 minutes to get there. I quickly took my shower, brushed my teeth, and gathered my clothing apparel as I tried to make a hasty decision on what to wear, seeing how Sam had always gotten mad at me since we were little for my old habit of slapping on whatever clothing I had.

I decided that a nice, white, button-up T-Shirt top that goes over my clean, black T-Shirt underneath would do. The white T-Shirt had a grayed out design of a great, black dragon going from the waist, up to the neck, wrapping around the neck, and back down the other side, with little shockwaves of flames wrapping around the dragon. Then I threw on some random nice pair of jeans that I had lying around in the closet, seeing as most jeans looked the same to me.

I quickly ran out of the house with my wallet in the pocket of my jeans bulging out and grabbed the bike and left with a hasty retreat, leaving behind a trail of dust as I had to race with time as I took too long to get ready, seeing as it was already 7:45 P.M. Racing through the streets weren't too bad though, the raging winds brushing across my face and hair felt nice after taking a cool shower, my white top flapping in the wind due to not buttoning up the shirt to get more of a casual look. I skidded to a halt by twisting the bike horizontally in front of Sam's house, making a cloud of dust, which made me cough due to my allergies.

"Looks like I made a bad move…" I muttered to myself through the coughing session I was having. I approached the door and made a heavy knock to let her know I had arrived, seeing as the house itself was pretty big and her room just had(emphasize)to be on the other side of the house. After waiting about 5 minutes, I decided to get out my phone and flipped it open to check the time. "Its 8:10, where is she?! She wanted me to be here by 8 o'clock so where is she?!" I exclaimed, quite upset due to her lack of caring about time. "Typical women." I scoffed, as I plopped down on the swinging chair she had on her front porch, crossing my arms and swaying with the calm winds.
"I'll be out there in a second! Just let me make the finishing touches on my outfit!" Sam said suddenly, as I heard her shouting from the other side of the house. I got up from the chair and prepped myself to speak up for once, as I myself barely speak up.

"Well you probably would've been done by now if you had gotten ready sooner!" I shouted back, returning her response.

"Well I started getting ready at 7 so I thought I'd make it in time!" Sam whined as she started rushing herself to get ready faster as she seemed extra excited for this date for some reason. Alex… not so much.

"Oh my sweet mother of God, you women and your fashion apparel…" I muttered to myself rather grumpily, as I hopped on my bike and turned back to give her my reply. "Well, I'll be on the bike waiting for you to come on out!" I shouted back through the door, seconds later Sam returned the shout with a simple "'Kay." I sat on the bike calmly and simply counted down the time to another empty wallet.

Sam's POV

"Alrighty now, what to wear…?" I said as I calmly stepped out of the shower with my bath towel neatly wrapped around my body, trickles of water only visible in my hair, on my face, and trails of the liquid down my brightly tanned legs. As I left the bathroom with the bottle of lotion, I picked up both a yellow and a blue dress, each dress having linen flowers that seemed to bloom on the bosoms of each dress, with the color of the flowers corresponding with the dress itself. "Hmm…" I hummed to myself, stuck on which dress to wear to the "date". "I could ~ wear the yellow dress, but I'm pretty sure that won't trigger enough reaction from him… So the blue one?" I argued with myself, as I started leaning toward choosing the blue dress. "Hue ~ but wait…" I whined to myself. "I have this gorgeous (emphasize) red dress that I could wear!" I suddenly realized which brought me many glamorous ideas. "Yeah, I think this dress should be enough to "wow" him!" I giggled as I took the dress from the closet and quickly got ready for our date, as it was a very exciting one, and important one at that. As I slipped my glittery high heels on, with my little hefty black purse slung around my shoulder, my pearl necklace neatly wrapped around my neck, and a beautiful diamond ring I got from Alex for my birthday, I quickly ran for the door, like a little kid that was just told he/she was getting a brand new toy and were just about to go get it. I accidentally tripped over my pet tiger's, Andre's, tail, as I was in too big of a rush. Andre let out a big, outstretched yawn as he just calmly stretched out, licked his white and black striped tail, and went back to his calm nap. I gave Andre a little pat on his powerful head then quickly fled before he realized that it was I who stepped on his tail. As I burst through the door, I saw that I made Alex jump, seeing as he fell off his own bike from the huge noise the slamming of the door must've made. I giggled to myself at that thought. 'This is going to be an interesting night…' I thought to myself, as I decided to flaunt off my dress for Alex.

Alex's POV

As I waited on my bike relaxing in the soothing winds, it was all thrown off balance as Sam slammed her door, which caught me by surprise as I fell off my own bike due to the surprise.

"Holy snapple berries, girl could you please (emphasize) not do that-" I whined at first, rubbing my head and wiping the dust off of my neat clothing. I stopped my sentence to see what a smoking-hot dress Sam was wearing, the red dress glittered in the setting sun, her green eyes glowing with beauty, glistening brunette hair swaying with the calm winds, and her skin seemed to glow when the sun beamed down onto her. The pearl necklace gave a nice look, and seeing her wear the diamond ring I got her for her birthday three years ago made me happy, seeing how she loved jewelry anyway. I gawked at her in awe with my jaw open ajar as I quickly tried to make myself look better out of feeling like such a loser that didn't deserve a beauty like Sam.

"S-sorry I'm not dressed as good as you…" I stammered, seeing as I still had trouble speaking with pretty women.

"You look wonderful, Alex!" Sam exclaimed, obviously trying to make me feel better. Sadly, it doesn't work that way with me, as I put up a fight about how much I looked so unprepared for this dinner.

"No, I don't, Sam and you know it." I snapped back, as I hopped onto the bike and waited for Sam to get on. "Now come on, the clock's-a-tickin'" I said with a southern accent, pointing at my wrist while doing so.

"Fine, fine. Whatever you say ~" Sam said, as she fixed her dress so she could hop onto the bike. I calmly waited for her to situate herself before heading off to the finest Italian restaurant in town; after all, she loved Italian food, so I figured, 'Why not?'

Sam's POV

'This is my chance…' I told myself before we took off, as I wrapped my arms around his waist and rested my body and head on his back. In doing so, Alex's instant reaction was to blush and flinch a little bit, as he tried to lean more forward in order to get away from my grasp, but I only held on tighter, making him stop forcing himself and I could feel him take a deep breath as he began to speak.

"Umm… Sam…" Alex began, obviously quite shy as I myself had some bust to my chest. "You're making me a little… uncomfortable…"

"You'll be fine, you carry girls all the time on your bike anyway right?" I teased, as I buried my head into his shoulder neatly and relaxed my grip around his waist just a little bit, so he could pedal easier.

"Thanks." Was all Alex could say, as I could tell he was embarrassed enough, knowing how innocent the poor fella was anyway.

'Ahhh, I'm so lucky he's so innocent he doesn't know why I do this' I giggled to myself as I began to fall victim to his warm embrace, making me doze off a little bit. 'I could stay like this for eternity… with Alex…' I slowly began to think, as the calming atmosphere made my world stop, as I finally fell asleep, holding onto Alex as if I would die without him.

"Sleep well…" I could hear Alex mumble before I fell asleep.

Alex's POV

'Geez, I can't believe she's taking advantage of the situation…' I thought to myself after Sam had clung to me. I've never been on a so-called "date" in my entire life, so all of this stuff was new to me. 'Was this a norm for dates?' I took this thought into consideration as we were riding along the way. 'Looks like she's finally falling asleep.' I noticed, as I could feel her breathing begin to slow down to a steady pace. 'Sleep well…' I softly whispered to Sam, hoping she got the message. 'Does Sam really love me?' I thought to myself questioningly. 'After all, this is(emphasize) just dinner, right? Not a date?'