"What? What is it?" I asked in a shaky voice. Her laughing slowed down to a giggle and even more to barely a snicker while I stared at her blankly waiting for an answer. "You have a milk mustache." She smiled. I brought my hand up to my mouth and wiped it off quickly. Thank god that's all it was. "Yeah uh. I was doing some homework and I lost track of time and rushed out of the house. I didn't look in the mirror after eating milk and cookies." I laughed at myself. She smiled brightly at me and put her seatbelt on.
Movies
We got there having no clue what we were going to see. "Um. How about Dead Dog Walkin?" I asked her. She shook her head no. We were standing in line at the ticket booth for about 5 to 10 minutes holding up everyone behind us until we finally decided on the only comedy that was playing. We walked inside and handed the girl our ticket. As we were walking past the consession stand someone called her name. We both looked around until we spotted Marco and Dillion. Thank god it wasn't Ashley. She went to walk over to them but I lightly grabbed her arm. "Ell do you want anything? Popcorn?" "Uhm." She thought for a moment. "Yeah just get us a popcorn and a drink to split." I nodded and turned my head back to the clerk.
In the room showing the movie.
I later found out that Marco and Dillion were on their 1 year anniversary and tonight was their big date. They were off to see a chick flick. Ellie and I found a good seat in the middle of the room and sat down. The lights were dimmed and the previews started.
Sometime in the middle of the movie
I scooted up in my seat and looked over at Ellie. She looked like she was half asleep. It was probably the most borring "comedy" I had ever seen. I leaned over and whispered: "Hey this movie is shit. Wanna go to The Dot and get some icecream or something?" She scooted up and grabbed her soda. "Yeah. Lets go." I got up and lead her out of the theater.
The Dot
We walked in to find that the whole place was almost empty. The only people there were people I'd seen around school but never really spoken to. It was only 9 'o clock. I wondered where everyone was. We ordered two icecream sundays and got half off because Ellie worked there. We talked for hours. I never knew two different people could have so many things to talk about. Well I guess the old sayings true: Opposites attract.
At somewhere around 11:00
We left. We spent two whole hours talking about nothing yet about everything. We walked out to my car laughing about the previous joke I had just made.
Her house
I got out and walked her to her door. I let her wear my jacket because it had gotten cold outside. This whole date reminded me of the movies that grandma usually watched. The man taking the woman to the movies and then out to eat. Then letting her wear his jacket and walking her to her door. The only thing that was different was that we weren't in black and white. We stood there for a moment without words just enjoying the fresh air. Hadn't had much of that the whole night.
She finally spoke up. "Well JT. I had a great time tonight. We should really do it again. Thats if you want to and all." She added quickly pushing a stray strand of hair behind her ear. "Yeah Ellie. I had a great time too. I would love to go on another date. Next weekend maybe?" She smiled. "That'll be great." I smiled back. "Well..I gotta go. Mom'll be wondering where I am. That is if she isn't passed out drunk on the couch. I'll call you." And she kissed me on the cheek. I stood there frozen without words. I felt like if my heart were to beat any faster and harder that it would jump out of my chest. My feet felt heavy like they were covered with dried cement and if I were to be pushed off a bridge into the ocean I would sink all the way down. "Goodnight." She giggled opening the door and flicking on the light. Then closing the door behind her. I stood there for a moment holding my cheek. Ellie Nash had just kissed me on the cheek. Call me a drama queen but that was amazing.
Home
I unlocked the front door, stepped inside, and put my keys on the key hook beside the door. I kicked my shoes off and reached for my jacket. Oh yeah that's right. Ellie has it. I walked into the kitchen to grab a soda. On the table there was a note. In grandma's neat cursive was written:
J.T,
I hope you had a good date. Tonight's girls night out with the girls. I'll be back home tomorrow morning. Don't stay up too late.
Love, Grandma.
I opened the fridge, grabbed a Mountain Dew Code Red and plodded up the stairs. For such an exciting night boy was I exhausted. Don't worry gram. I'm going to bed right now. I thought.
Morning
I got up and rubbed the sleepers out of my eyes. As soon as my eyes adjusted to the light I looked at the clock. 11:00 am. I layed in bed for a moment thinking about the previous night. If it were last week it would only have been a dream. But last night. No. Last night was 100 percent real. I went on a date with Ellie Nash. There was a knock on the door. "Who is it?" I called.
Well I was very happy with this chapter. Don't call me self centered or anything but I thought it was cute. Kinda amazed I even wrote that actually ha. Well I hope you enjoyed it!
