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Today is Saturday, November 28th.
I accidentally woke up late this morning. Normally I try to be up by 8:00 so I can make the most of my day but when I finally rolled myself out of bed it was already 9:45! I couldn't believe the morning was already half over and I'd spent it all in bed! At least I was having a nice dream about Blake! :)
When I got downstairs Yang had already left for her job (she works for three hours on weekdays after school and for eight hours on weekends) so I didn't get to say goodbye and good luck to her :(
I hope she has a good day. Since she finally got those dumb Malachite twins to leave her alone she's been having an easier time, but she always comes home tired and grumpy. I can't blame her, being a waitress sounds really stressful, and especially at some weird sports bar.
Anyway, I ate breakfast really quick and took Zwei for a walk and we ran into that stupid nasty dachshund that lives in the neighborhood and it kept wanting to fight Zwei but it's like the one dog that Zwei's bigger than so when he barked at it it got scared and hid behind it's owner, and then when we got home I gave him his food and started getting ready for my date with Blake. It wasn't supposed to start until 2:00 but I wanted to make sure I was ready and felt comfortable with what I was going to wear.
We've been hanging out a lot, going to the coffee shop after school every day this week to work on our history project (except yesterday because that's when we turned it in), so I wanted to choose something that she hadn't already seen and that looked... good. Nicer than what I usually wear. Special. Because Blake is special and I wanted her to think I looked good. So I picked out my red hoodie and a warm vest and some light gloves (because it was cold outside) and my thicker leggings that matched well with my vest and of course my lucky boots because I feel like if I go out without something lucky my whole day would turn into a disaster, and my boots haven't let me down yet!
After that I watched TV for a little while until Dad asked if I could help him move some of the Christmas stuff down from the attic. I can't wait to start decorating! Dad always makes me wait until December actually starts, and I always have to argue with him over the tree we get, but in the end it's always super fun and it makes me really happy to make the house look nice. Yang and Dad always complain about putting up the lights, but I think they have fun anyway.
In the middle of helping Dad I looked at a clock and noticed that it was after 1:00 so I only had like twenty minutes to shower and do my makeup and get dressed before I had to leave so I ran into the bathroom to get started and left Dad trying to move all the decorations. I feel kind of bad about that, even though Dad said it was okay.
I gave up on doing most of my makeup because I'd rather be less pretty than late, and ran to school to meet up with Blake. She got there about a minute after I did, so I'm glad I hurried. She looked so cute! She had some adorable black shoes and nice dark jeans and a purple sweater and a white scarf and that black hat with the white flower on it that I really like and she looked great! I said 'Hi' and told her she looked spectacular and then I asked if she was ready to have the most fun she's ever had in her life! She smiled and said "Sure!" and then I...
...took her to the arcade!
I hadn't been to the arcade in such a long time and I thought it would be the perfect place to take Blake because it had a bunch of games and snacks and stuff and I could totally show off how good I was at some of the games and there were a bunch of things we could do together like air hockey or DDR and it wouldn't be weird if we were there together. Like if anyone saw us like on our last date.
Anyway, when we got there Blake's mouth dropped open and I couldn't help smiling because I knew we were going to have fun if she reacted like that. She said she'd never been to an arcade before, and she didn't know where to start because everything looked so cool! Luckily I did know where to start and I took her hand and we got some coins (used up three weeks of my allowance) and I took her over to the racing games first.
We raced each other four times and I won every one except the last one. By the end Blake had figured out how to play and she beat me by less than a second! Neither of us could do better than one of the computer players though, but it was okay because the game took pictures of us so we made funny faces for the avatars. Then I took her over to Time Crisis and we played that for almost an hour! We got really far! Blake is amazing at aiming those guns – I can never figure out where I'm aiming and end up missing a bunch before finding out where my reticle is. It was so much fun! We'd yell at each other when we were reloading or when we should hide because a rocket was coming at us and it made it so much better because we really got into it and we both screamed when we finally lost.
After that I took her over to the classic arcade games and we took turns playing Pac Man and then we moved on to the pinball machine because a group of kids came in and wanted to play Pac Man. Blake got a new high score on pinball! She's so cool. Then we were getting hungry so I took Blake over to the DDR machine because I really wanted to dance with her and if we did it after we ate we'd get cramps or get tired too fast. Blake was so good at DDR! She moved like water and had perfect rhythm and everything and if we hadn't been doing a song I was familiar with I would have been too distracted to keep up. We were doing so well and got so into it that a crowd started watching us and cheering us on. It was so weird; I've never seen that happen before. There was a collective groan when we finally lost, but then the group clapped for us and Blake and I looked at each other and just laughed.
So then we were really tired and sweaty so I bought us sodas and a pizza to share. I don't know how they manage to make super cheap, greasy arcade pizza taste so good, and I know it's probably taking years off my life with every bite, but it was so delicious I didn't care. Blake said "That might be the tastiest thing I've ever eaten..." which made me laugh because really we both knew that it was disgusting, but also sooooo good.
Before we left we played a couple games of air hockey. I won the first game, but purposely lost the second one. I think Blake knew, but she didn't get mad or anything. Then it was starting to get dark and I asked if she wanted to go home but she said that there was somewhere else she wanted to go. Apparently one of her favorite bookstores was nearby and she wanted to show it to me. It wasn't a long walk away and when we walked in the cashier greeted Blake by name and they talked for a bit while I looked at the 'Bestsellers' section. Then Blake took me to the back and introduced me to the owner, who was very very nice, and he gave Blake a book for free! She wouldn't let me see what it was :( but it looked thick and the cover had a bird on it.
Then we walked back to her car and we drove home. I asked if she wanted to come in and stay for dinner but she said her parents were going out tonight and they wanted someone to watch the house, so she had to decline. She promised she would the next time though :)
And then when I was getting out she kissed me on the cheek and thanked me for showing her the arcade. While I was frozen in completely blissful shock and blushing like a rosebush she pulled out the book she got from the bookshop and gave it to me and said "I hope you like it!" and I managed to mumble out "Thanks Blake I'm sure I will." and then said bye and she left. I couldn't breathe or move until after her car turned the corner and then I squealed and ran inside and straight to my room and called Weiss and told her everything that happened and she said "Ruby, do you know what this means?" and I said "That Blake likes books?" and Weiss said "No, you dunce! It means you're an official couple now!" and I said "I don't really follow your logic there, Weiss," but she insisted it was true and I'm not really going to argue about it because I'm perfectly happy being in a couple with Blake :)
More than happy really! My heart hasn't slowed down since after it stopped for that minute or so after Blake kissed me and I can't stop shaking and my cheeks are really warm and there's this weird happy feeling in my stomach that won't go away and I can't stop thinking about Blake and her smile and her eyes and her hair and her kiss...
Today was the best.
Yang was happy when she came home because she got a lot of tips and when I told her about what happened she gave me a big hug and told me she was so happy for me and Blake!
After dinner I started reading the book Blake gave me. It is so good. It's amazing. Easily my new favorite.
I wonder why? ;)
I can't wait for Monday!
That's it for this wonderful, euphoric day :)
XOXOXO :3
