Part 3: Will you?
1 Week Later
Meg and Roxanne walked onto the set, talking about last week.
"I can't believe you waited this long to tell me."
"There was nothing to tell Roxanne." She said, "I missed the bus and he gave me a ride home."
"And he stayed for dinner and he met your parents."
"My mom invited him for dinner. What was he supposed to do, say no."
"So what did you talk about?"
She was about to say something when Michael passed by, holding his clipboard.
"Ladies, please take you seats."
They nodded, slowly making their way towards the bleachers. Michael followed them onto the set. As they sat down, he began going over some announcements.
When he finished, he turned and headed for the control room. He walked in, closing the door behind him as the show started. Leaning against the wall, he started going over some notes.
"There's your favorite Michael." One of the control guys said
Michael looked up to see Meg on screen.
"Why do you say that?"
"What?" the guy said, looking over his shoulder.
"Meg's not my favorite."
"I said, there's a favorite Michael."
"Right…Well…" he looked down at his clipboard. A moment later, he looked up to see Meg smiling and having a good time.
When the show was over, Meg and Roxanne walked over to get their coats. They waved to a couple of the people as they made their way across the stage and towards the exit. They walked out the door and headed down the hall. Michael was standing outside the office, putting something up on the bulletin board.
"Night." They said walking by.
"Meg can I see you for a minute?"
"Okay."
"I'll be outside." Roxanne said, walking out the door.
Meg walked over to where Michael standing.
"Did I do something wrong?" she asked
"No…I…wanted…"I sound like an idiot…but I don't want to scare her. "What I want to know is…Would you possibly…Will you…"
Meg's eyes widened
"Are you…asking me out."
When he didn't speak, Meg felt her face begin to redden. I can't believe I just said that.
Meg wanted to run and hide. She turned, starting to walk away when she felt a hand on her arm. Turning slowly to face him, their eyes met.
"Yes Meg, that's what I was trying to ask you."
"I have to ask my dad first."
"I already talked to him. He said it was all right. So will you?"
"Okay."
"How about Saturday night?"
She nodded.
"So I'll see you Saturday night. I'll come over about 7:30."
She nodded again, still not speaking.
"Bye Meg." He said, heading down the hall.
Meg waved to him, then turned towards the door. Walking outside, she found Roxanne leaning against the building.
"What took you so long. Never mind, the bus is coming."
Roxanne took her arm, pulling her towards the bus stop. The bus came to a stop in front of them and the door opened. Roxanne dropped some money in the slot and stepped on the bus. Meg followed behind, dropping her money in the slot. She and Roxanne made their way to the back of the bus. As the bus made its way slowly through the city, Roxanne kept up a steady stream of chatter but Meg didn't pay attention to much of it.
"Meg? Earth to Meg." She said, "Did you hear anything I said."
"He asked me out" Meg said
"What!"
"Michael asked me out."
"What did you say?"
"I said yes. We're going out on Saturday."