Chapter 21: first date
Martha was happy. She was so happy. She smiled as she looked at her reflection in the mirror. She had not been so happy in months. She still couldn't believe Jack actually liked her. She couldn't believe he had kissed her. She couldn't believe he wanted to date her. And that in an houre she was going on her first date with him. Yeah, she was deffinatly happy.
Jack walked trough his room looking for his favourite shirt. He was nervous, he wanted to impress Martha. He really wanted to impress her. Even though he knew he didn't need to, she was already his. But he still wanted to impress her. He had no idea if she would like the restaurant. But he hoped so.
Tasha was trowing her entier wardrobe on the floor. She couldn't find the right outfit. Somehow she knew that Robbie would like everything she wore. But she still wanted to find something special. She looked trough the clothes on the floor. She must have something.
Robbie was sitting on his bed. He still couldn't believe that Tasha would date him. He couldn't believe that the cheerleaders actually liked him. It was so weird, last year around this time nobody of them had actually heard of him. Now he was dating one of them. That teacher had been right. That class had changed their lifes.
Jack knocked on the door. He was a little early. He hoped Martha would be ready but he would wait for her. It didn't really matter. 'Hey.' 'Hey. Martha. I'm early, are you ready.' 'Almost. Come in.' Jack walked in and looked around. Ok, first dates were always akward. He never knew what he was supposed to do. She walked into her room and came out with a bag. She seemed just as nervous as he was.
Martha smiled at him. She was nervous. Very nervous. She could tell he was to. Jack smiled and walked to her. 'I forgot something.' 'What?' Jack grabbed her and kissed her. 'Hey. You ready?' 'Yeah.' He took her hand and walked her out of her appartement. Together they walked to his car.
Kim saw Martha and Jack leave her appartement. He smiled. He still couldn't believe that Jack would actually go out with her. But it wouldn't last long. He would make sure of that.
Jack and Martha walked into the restaurant. The table wasn't ready yet, so they had to sit at the bar to wait. Jack smiled at Martha and kissed her softly. They sat down waiting for their table. 'Hey guys.' Jack turned around. Great. Who is the one person you really don't want to see on a first date? That's right Kim Hyde. 'Hyde. What are you doing here?' 'Waiting for a table? You two?' 'Same thing.' 'You don't mind if I sit with you two do you?' 'Actually...' Jack sighed Kim was already sitting he really couldn't think of anything to say. He hoped Kim didn't say anything to upset Martha.
They had been sitting there for 30 minutes. And all the time Kim had been talking. Jack could see that Martha became more and more uncomfortable. But he couldn't think of anything to say to Kim to shut him up. He had tried but had not suceeded. He wondered if it would take a long time before they got their table. God he hoped not.
Martha stared at her drink. She didn't want to look at Jack. Kim had been saying mean thing for a while now. He didn't really say anything in her face, but it was clear what he was talking about. He kept saying that people from different worlds didn't belong together. That bad things would happen. He claimed to be talkign about a movie. She sighed. It wouldn't be so bad, except that Jack didn't say anything. She wondered if he secretly agreed with Kim.
Kim saw that Martha was losing it. It wouldn't take to long before she would get mad and leave. So he kept talking. Everything that came to mind, without insulting her in her face.
Martha hurt Kim say something to her. That was it. She was sick of it. This was a really bad first date. 'I'm going.' 'What. Martha come on. Calm down.' 'Don't want to.' Martha got up and walked to the door. Jack turned to Kim. 'What the hell do you think you're doing?' 'What are yo talking about I was not talking about her. She probably took it wrong.' 'Whatever.'
'Martha. Martha wait.' Martha didn't stop walking untill she reached the car. There she stopped walking. 'Hey. I'm sorry. I didn't know' 'Did you know he was going to be there? Is that why you brought me here?' 'No. Martha I brought you here because I thought you would like the food. I had no idea Kim was going to be here. I swear.' 'Just take me home. I'm sorry, it's not going well.' 'Ok. Fine. Get in. I'll drive you back to summer bay.'
Jack's car stopped. He got out and ran to the other side. 'Unbelievable. We have the worst first date ever and now you're telling me that we have a flat tire?' 'Yeah. It will only take a minute to fix.' 'I'm not waiting. I'm walking.' 'Martha.' He saw Martha walk away. He waited for a while, wondering if she would come back. She didn't. Sighing he locked his car (ok his father's car) and started to follow her.
'Marta wait.' She felt him grab her arm and turned around. 'Come on. I'm sorry. I really didn't know.' Martha looked at Jack and smiled. She wanted to believe him, she did believe him. He saw her smile and captured her lips in a kiss. Maybe this date could be saved after all.
An hour later
Jack and Martha were sitting on his couch. He had his arms around her and her head was resting on his shoulder. They had gotten home ten minutes ago. Jack had told his father and he had gone for his car. Jack and Martha were watching TV in an atempt to safe their date. It wasn't really working. They would try again tomorow.
Jack felt Martha in his arms and he felt so good. He was glad she believed him. He still couldn't believe that Kim would sink this low. Actually he did believe it, he just didn't wanted to. He softly kissed her hair. Maybe they had safed their date after all. Just by being together.
Martha felt so safe in his arms. She didn't really knew why she believed him she just did. It was probably because she knew how Kim was. And she knew, somehow, that Jack would never hurt her like that. Never. Their date was going well, now it was at least. Nothing could really ruin it.
And then her phone went off.