When Lor awoke it was 6:00am so she decided to go for a quick run around the block. When she reached Tino's house she stopped and saw Tino at his window. He was putting on his shirt and Lor couldn't help but stare. She never realized how good he looked. She decided to keep running before he saw her staring, or worse, his mom saw her.
Finally, she reached her house. Of course, neither her dad nor brothers were awake so she had to hurry if she didn't want to be seen by them. She headed upstairs to take a shower. She let the warm water run down her body as she thought about her day with Tino. "Should I tell him how I feel? Does he feel that way too?" she thought. One thought haunted her mind, "Will this ruin our friendship?" She prayed that he liked her too.
Lor climbed out of the shower and wrapped the towel around her. She tiptoed to her room so her brothers wouldn't hear her. Then she put on her new outfit: a pair of denim capris, a blue tank top and her good tennis shoes. She put some lip-gloss and light blue eye shadow. Lor was ready for their "date."
She wanted to run to Tino's house, but she just walked and enjoyed the scenery.
When she got to his house, Tino was waiting for her on the front porch. "Lor? Is that… you?" he stuttered. "Do you like it?" she said sweetly. "You look great!" he exclaimed and grinned ear to ear. "Thanks," she said shyly. "Let's go hit the arcade!" Tino shouted.
At Funville, they played pool and Chum Bucket the Movie the Game. She let him win at all the games, while Tino would make her laugh and giggle. Lor realized when she was with Tino; he made her feel like she was…special. Time flew by so fast, that if they didn't hurry off to dinner they would miss the movie. "Let's go see the movie first and then we'll have a late dinner," suggested Tino. "Great!" Lor said happily.
They were soon in the dark theatre watching "Chum Bucket VS The Living Dead." Lor thought that if she acted scared she would be able to hold his hand. She waited for the scariest part of the movie when she told Tino, "I'm really scared Tino!" "Do you want me to hold your hand?" he whispered. Lor just nodded. Slowly, she inched herself towards him until their legs were touching. Just then, to her surprise Tino said, "If you're still scared you can…uh put your head on my shoulder." And that was exactly what Lor did. She wished that she could stay like that forever.
Sure enough, the movie ended and they began to make their way to get some pizza. (The sign above them read: Love Pizza) "How appropriate," she thought. They sat down and the waiter took their order. "We'll have the Hugs and Kisses Pizza and 2 Cupid Shakes." Lor told the waiter. "The Red Cupid shakes are made with cow hearts if you want those?" "Um…no thank you regular Cupid shakes are fine." Lor answered trying to hide her disgust. "Okay," the waiter replied dully. "Well that sounded appetizing," Tino said sarcastically. Lor grinned and replied, "No, not at all." They both laughed. Pretty soon their pizza and their drinks came.
Then the waiter came up to them. "You two are our fiftieth customer tonight. We have a special offer that if you dance a song together, your meal is free. Are you up for it?" "Tino?" asked Lor. She hoped he said yes. "Sure. Then we get a free meal." They walked onto the dance floor the restaurant had set up. Tino took her hand and a slow song began to play. He put his hands around her waist and she put her arms around her neck. As the slowly swayed Lor knew that this was her chance to tell Tino how she felt.
"Um…Tino…I have to tell you something important," she started. "What is it Lor?" he asked with a worried expression on his face. "Well…I love you Tino, and I have for a long time. I just…never knew when to tell you." The worried look on his face soon turned to a smile. "Lor, I love you too. I always worried you would turn me down, so I never told asked you out. Or even told you how I felt." Lor grinned. Tino leaned inwards and kissed her. It was just a small kiss, but Lor felt that she was on top of the world.
"I guess we'll tell Carver and Tish on Monday," said Lor still with her arms around Tino's neck. Tino smiled, "I'd love to." Lor leaned in to kiss Tino one more time.
