(Chapter 4)
He led me out to a bench. I couldn't tell if it was the same one as before.
We sat I silence for a while, until out of the blue, he said, "Am I as bad
as you thought?" I would of said the truth, no, he was much nicer than I
thought, but I needed to start my plan.
"Yes!" I said. He looked shocked, and a little hurt. "You are rude, and
mean, and snobby, and egotistical. He sat there for almost a full five
minutes. I was starting to feel guilty. The silence was deafening. Finally
he stood up.
"I am sorry you feel that way, "he said, "Since I am so rude, you will
understand me not walking you out to your car. I nodded, and he went
inside. I slowly made my way to the front of the castle, got in the car,
and we drove off.
I felt bad, I really did. I was being mean to a semi-nice guy, to suit my
own purposes. The more I thought on it the worse I felt. I would have to
call the next morning and apologize.
It turned out there was no need. My alarm the next morning was the phone. I
answered and Jacob's voice said, "Is that what you really think of me? If
it is it is ok, but I want to know the real truth. I did not think I was
THAT bad! Am I? "he was babbling. I could tell he felt horrible.
To put him out of his misery I said, "No, that is not what I think." He was
speechless for a minute. At last he said, "Then why would you say that?"
I went into a huge lecture about how I was to young to marry, and that
nothing against him, I just wasn't sure I wanted to marry him at all. I
kept going for a very long time, until Jacob said, "Ok. I understand where
you are coming from. You know what we need to do?" When I did not answer he
said, "We need to get together and get to actually know each other."
I agreed and Jacob said, "How about tonight," he offered. I said that was
fine. After I got off the phone I stopped for a second. Had I just made a
date with Jacob Rupert the Third? No, of course not. We were only going out
to dinner and to talk. No date. Right?
