03-The First Date
"Please?!" Teeny begged helplessly.
Samantha rolled her eyes and Chrissy continued to devour her bag of Doritos.
"No, Teeny! I told you already. There is no way in hell!" Roberta said starting to get really annoyed.
The whole way home Teeny begged and begged and begged. Roberta became thoroughly irate.
~~~***~~~
"What is that stuff?" Roberta asked Teeny as the midst of the hair spray vanished in front of Roberta.
"Hair spray, Roberta. How clueless are you?" Teeny questioned.
"Shut up, Teeny. I know more than you think I do, you know. I don't understand why exactly you're putting hair spray in my hair?" Roberta asked.
"So, you're hair holds up. You don't think that you were going to impress Scott with your plain, straight, black hair, did you?" Teeny asked, continuing the endless list of questions.
"You already put in massive amounts of hair gel. And I obviously impressed him enough without all this crap in my hair." Roberta shot back.
Teeny ignored Roberta's remark. "Done." She smiled.
"I don't even want to look." Roberta said crossing her arms across her chest.
"Sam! Chrissy! Get in here!" Roberta called out.
Samantha and Chrissy made their way into the room. The moment they're eyes laid on Roberta they widened. Roberta led herself to believe that Teeny had either applied way too much mascara or that her hair had turned afro puff.
"Whoa! You better take a look in the mirror, Roberta." Samantha said, eyes still bulging.
Chrissy just shook her head in surprise.
Roberta couldn't take it anymore. She couldn't believe that she looked at any point what anyone would call beautiful.until she looked into the mirror.
She was wearing a white, round-collared blouse that blended in once it dropped down to a plaid mini-skirt Teeny had her wear. She regretted even putting on the skirt earlier but now she agreed with Teeny that it didn't look as sluttish as she thought. She had on a silver chain bracelet that Chrissy gave her on her 12th birthday and a silver heart locket where she kept her mom's picture. She decided that the plain white shoes she wore didn't clash with anything and that Samantha's red sweater made it all complete. And what Teeny had done to her hair wasn't as bad as she thought it was. Teeny had curled selected top layers of Roberta's hair and flared out the bottom of all else. It looked, for lack of better words, beautiful.
"Oh.my.gosh!" Roberta squealed.
"You like?" Teeny asked smiling in spite of herself.
"It looks great, Teeny. Thanks." Roberta said looking at her friend.
"I knew you would never deny my genius." Teeny bragged.
Roberta, Chrissy, and Samantha smiled.
"Now we have to get going. It's already 7:30." Teeny said.
They all grabbed their coats and started walking towards the Café. The whole way there Teeny lectured on how to act, what to say, when to talk, and when not to talk. Samantha warned about it being some kind of a Wormer revenge date and Chrissy reminded Roberta about never kissing on the first date.
"You guys, I'll be fine." Roberta finally said.
"Sorry." They all said.
"Look, there he is." Samantha said, her eyes looking towards the front of the Café.
Roberta turned and saw Scott Wormer standing in front of the Café. Immediately her heart started to beat uncontrollably and she felt her face turn hot.
"I th-think I'm too dressed up." Roberta said, starting to freak out.
"Lame excuse of the century, Roberta. You're going over there." Teeny said starting to back away from Roberta.
Roberta opened her mouth to say something but Teeny interrupted her.
"No. You have to go Roberta. Look at him. He's waiting for you." Teeny said and she looked at Samantha and Chrissy. They both looked at her and nodded. "Scott!" Teeny shouted out towards the Café. They ran.
Roberta freaked and turned around to see Scott looking right at her. He waved at her and she waved back nervously. She felt someone push her from behind. As she turned around she saw Samantha running off. She turned back around and walked towards the Café.
"Hi Roberta. You look gorgeous." Scott said.
The words sounded a little odd coming out of his mouth yet they sounded sweet at the same time.
"Hi. Thanks. You look." she hesitated. ".good."
"Thanks. This is for you." And he pulled a red rose out from behind him.
"It's beautiful. I love red roses." Roberta said holding it delicately close to her, smiling.
"I'm glad I could make you smile." They were silent. "Uh, let's go inside." He suggested and he opened the door for her to walk into.
~~~***~~~
Roberta took a sip from her root beer float. For the past 45 minutes they had eaten their dinner and talked about the unbelievable. Roberta knew Chrissy, Teeny, and Samantha would never believe her. Turned out that Scott liked to read science fiction just like Samantha and he secretly liked romantic films just like Teeny. They reminisced about when they used to hate each other and the day Scott and his brothers ran around naked.
"That was so embarrassing." Scott laughed.
"We couldn't stop laughing about that for a week." Roberta smiled.
They both tried to calm down and then eventually caught their breaths.
"Roberta?" Scott sounded a little serious and Roberta started to freak out again.
I was just starting to get comfortable around you, Scott. She thought to herself.
"Yeah."
"Remember." Scott started.
Don't say it.
"Remember.the day we kissed?"
NO!
"Uh.yeah. I remember."
Not taking into consideration the day's earlier events he leaned in.
"Please?!" Teeny begged helplessly.
Samantha rolled her eyes and Chrissy continued to devour her bag of Doritos.
"No, Teeny! I told you already. There is no way in hell!" Roberta said starting to get really annoyed.
The whole way home Teeny begged and begged and begged. Roberta became thoroughly irate.
~~~***~~~
"What is that stuff?" Roberta asked Teeny as the midst of the hair spray vanished in front of Roberta.
"Hair spray, Roberta. How clueless are you?" Teeny questioned.
"Shut up, Teeny. I know more than you think I do, you know. I don't understand why exactly you're putting hair spray in my hair?" Roberta asked.
"So, you're hair holds up. You don't think that you were going to impress Scott with your plain, straight, black hair, did you?" Teeny asked, continuing the endless list of questions.
"You already put in massive amounts of hair gel. And I obviously impressed him enough without all this crap in my hair." Roberta shot back.
Teeny ignored Roberta's remark. "Done." She smiled.
"I don't even want to look." Roberta said crossing her arms across her chest.
"Sam! Chrissy! Get in here!" Roberta called out.
Samantha and Chrissy made their way into the room. The moment they're eyes laid on Roberta they widened. Roberta led herself to believe that Teeny had either applied way too much mascara or that her hair had turned afro puff.
"Whoa! You better take a look in the mirror, Roberta." Samantha said, eyes still bulging.
Chrissy just shook her head in surprise.
Roberta couldn't take it anymore. She couldn't believe that she looked at any point what anyone would call beautiful.until she looked into the mirror.
She was wearing a white, round-collared blouse that blended in once it dropped down to a plaid mini-skirt Teeny had her wear. She regretted even putting on the skirt earlier but now she agreed with Teeny that it didn't look as sluttish as she thought. She had on a silver chain bracelet that Chrissy gave her on her 12th birthday and a silver heart locket where she kept her mom's picture. She decided that the plain white shoes she wore didn't clash with anything and that Samantha's red sweater made it all complete. And what Teeny had done to her hair wasn't as bad as she thought it was. Teeny had curled selected top layers of Roberta's hair and flared out the bottom of all else. It looked, for lack of better words, beautiful.
"Oh.my.gosh!" Roberta squealed.
"You like?" Teeny asked smiling in spite of herself.
"It looks great, Teeny. Thanks." Roberta said looking at her friend.
"I knew you would never deny my genius." Teeny bragged.
Roberta, Chrissy, and Samantha smiled.
"Now we have to get going. It's already 7:30." Teeny said.
They all grabbed their coats and started walking towards the Café. The whole way there Teeny lectured on how to act, what to say, when to talk, and when not to talk. Samantha warned about it being some kind of a Wormer revenge date and Chrissy reminded Roberta about never kissing on the first date.
"You guys, I'll be fine." Roberta finally said.
"Sorry." They all said.
"Look, there he is." Samantha said, her eyes looking towards the front of the Café.
Roberta turned and saw Scott Wormer standing in front of the Café. Immediately her heart started to beat uncontrollably and she felt her face turn hot.
"I th-think I'm too dressed up." Roberta said, starting to freak out.
"Lame excuse of the century, Roberta. You're going over there." Teeny said starting to back away from Roberta.
Roberta opened her mouth to say something but Teeny interrupted her.
"No. You have to go Roberta. Look at him. He's waiting for you." Teeny said and she looked at Samantha and Chrissy. They both looked at her and nodded. "Scott!" Teeny shouted out towards the Café. They ran.
Roberta freaked and turned around to see Scott looking right at her. He waved at her and she waved back nervously. She felt someone push her from behind. As she turned around she saw Samantha running off. She turned back around and walked towards the Café.
"Hi Roberta. You look gorgeous." Scott said.
The words sounded a little odd coming out of his mouth yet they sounded sweet at the same time.
"Hi. Thanks. You look." she hesitated. ".good."
"Thanks. This is for you." And he pulled a red rose out from behind him.
"It's beautiful. I love red roses." Roberta said holding it delicately close to her, smiling.
"I'm glad I could make you smile." They were silent. "Uh, let's go inside." He suggested and he opened the door for her to walk into.
~~~***~~~
Roberta took a sip from her root beer float. For the past 45 minutes they had eaten their dinner and talked about the unbelievable. Roberta knew Chrissy, Teeny, and Samantha would never believe her. Turned out that Scott liked to read science fiction just like Samantha and he secretly liked romantic films just like Teeny. They reminisced about when they used to hate each other and the day Scott and his brothers ran around naked.
"That was so embarrassing." Scott laughed.
"We couldn't stop laughing about that for a week." Roberta smiled.
They both tried to calm down and then eventually caught their breaths.
"Roberta?" Scott sounded a little serious and Roberta started to freak out again.
I was just starting to get comfortable around you, Scott. She thought to herself.
"Yeah."
"Remember." Scott started.
Don't say it.
"Remember.the day we kissed?"
NO!
"Uh.yeah. I remember."
Not taking into consideration the day's earlier events he leaned in.