Day Four: First Date
Dates are harder than Raven thought they would be. It's silly really. She's spent so much time with Dexter, so much time alone with him, and this shouldn't really be all that different, right?
It is different though. There's a pressure that manifested between them the moment they confessed. It has to give somehow, and she just wants to make sure it doesn't end in disaster.
It takes them so long to commit to a time and place, their friends have already turned it into a running joke. Raven's almost worried that Darling will actually lock them in a room together with popcorn and a movie just to get it over with. But as well meaning as their friends are, Raven needs it to be on their terms.
So when she gets a tip about an up-and-coming band doing a show that night, she takes a chance on instinct. She grabs Dexter's hand and drags him away from their friends, racing out the door and down to the subway, both of them struggling to catch their breath after just barely making the train.
They laugh on their way to the show, breathless and in love and so, so nervous, taking turns tossing glances the other's way.
The band isn't that memorable in retrospect, the music not something that either of them feels the need to revisit past that night. But it replays like a dream in her head for days afterwards. Singing along to songs they don't know. Swaying together as Dexter hugs her from behind. She holds onto the memory like a note she caught in the wind.
She can't wait for the second date.