Chapter 10: The Date
Sarah is about to call Mark when the doorbell rings. Sarah answers the door.
"Hey." Mark said to her.
"You look well rested." Sarah said to him sarcastically.
"I know." Mark said to her.
"I was just about to call you." Sarah told him as she invited him in.
Mike comes dopwn the stairs.
"Hi Mark." Mike said to him.
"Hi Mike." Mark replied.
"You look like a racoon." Mike said to him seeing the rings unerneath his eyes.
"Thanks Mike." Mark said to him.
"Mike can me I talk to Mark for a minute?" Sarah asked him.
"Sure." Mike said as he sat on the couch in between them.
Sarah looks at Mike.
"Mark's right there, talk." Mike told her.
"I meant talking to him alone without you here." Sarah told him.
"Mark wants me to stay here, right?" Mike asked him.
"I think me and Sarah should be able to talk alone." Mark said to him.
"I live here also and if I want to sit here I will." Mike told them.
"If you want to continue to live you'll leave us alone." Sarah said to him.
Mike gest off the couch and goes back upstairs.
"You're standing at the top of the stairs!" Sarah yelled to him.
"No, I'm not!" Mike yelled back.
"We can still see your sneakers!" Sarah then yelled to him.
Mike goes up a few steps.
"I didn't hear your door close." Sarah said to him.
Mike goes to his room and closes his door.
"Now, that we got that out of the way I want to ask you something." Sarah said to Mark.
"I want to ask you something also." Mark replied.
"You first." Sarah said to him.
"I want to know if you want to go out with me sometime as friends, not as boyfriend and girlfriend but, as friends." Mark said to her.
"Okay." Sarah replied.
"I understand that you don't want to go out with me." Mark said to her.
"Mark, I said I'll go out with you." Sarah told him again.
"Really? Even after what I did to you yesterday?" Mark then asked her.
"Only, if you're paying." Sarah told him.
"Deal." Mark said to her.
"I'll see you tonight at eight at Rana's." Sarah said to him.
"Cool, I'll see you there." Mark said to her.
Mark is about to walk out the door. Sarah stops him and kisses him on the cheek and closes the door. Mark just stands there for a minute or two wondering what just happened.
Jake and Max are at Maxs house playing videogames.
"I'm telling you Dude, Justin beat me up until I was dust." Jake explained Max.
"That wouldn't happen." Max told him.
"How would you know?" Jake then asked him.
"It's physical impossible to beat someone up until they turned into dust." Max told him.
"Did you ever see it happen?" Jake then asked him.
"No but, my Dad was a professional boxer for twenty years and he never beat up a guy until they turned into dust." Max explained.
"I guess you have a point there." Jake said to him uncertain about someone being beaten up until they turn into dust is impossible.
After they finish playing videogames, Jake decides to go home.
"See ya Max." Jake said to him.
"Later Jake." Max replied.
Jake walks home and then he hears someone behind him and they grab his shoulder.
'Oh God! It's Justin he's going to beat me up until I turn into dust.' Jake thought to himself.
"I'm sorry I ever looked at your girlfriend, she isn't even that good looking. Please don't turn me into dust." Jake pleaded thinking Justin was behind him.
"Not that good looking? I should turn you into dust." Nicole said to him.
"Thank God it's you. I thought it was Justin" Jake said hugging her.
"Nice to see you also Jake. Now, get off of me." Nicole said to him.
"Sorry." Jake said as he let go of Nicole.
Nicole just stares at Jake.
"What?" Jake then asked her.
"I was just thinking." Nicole replied.
"About what?" Jake then asked her.
"About me and you going out tonight." Nicole said to him.
"That came out of nowhere." Jake said to her.
"Jake, I like you." Nicole said to him.
"I like you too but, I also value my life." Jake said to her.
"Don't worry about Justin." Nicole told him.
"You're right. It's not like he'll show up where we'll be tonight." Jake said to her.
"Great. I'll see you at Rana's at 8:15." Nicole said to him.
"See ya there." Jake said to Nicole as she went the other way and went to her house.
Jake goes home takes a shower, gets changed and reluctently does his homework. At 7:45 Sarah leaves to go to Rana's. She gets there at 7:57 and Mark is two minutes late. Sarah looks at Mark. (He's wearing a white polo shirt with jeans and black sneakers on.)
"I thought we were just friends?" Sarah asked him.
"My Mom made me wear this. And what about you?" Mark replied.
"What about me?" Sarah asked him.
"You're wearing a dress." Mark said to her.
"What's your point?" Sarah asked him.
"You look nice. This is the first time I've seen you not wearing a t-shirt or jeans." Mark told her.
"And this is the first time you aren't wearing a shirt with anything about sports on it." Sarah told him.
"I wanted to wear my Dolphin jersey.The one with the number 13 on it." Mark then told her.
Sarah rolls her eyes at him.
"What?" Mark then asked her.
"Nothing." Sarah replied.
"When a girl rolls her eyes at you something's wrong." Mark told her.
"It's nothing." sarah told him.
"Whenever my Mom rolls her eyes at my Dad he usually did something stupid or is about to do something stupid." Mark explained.
"You were actually going to wear a football jersey on our date?" Sarah then asked him.
"I thought were just friends?" Mark then asked her.
Sarah sighs, her and Mark get a table and order. They each get two slices of pepperoni pizza and a Pepsi to drink.
Jake and Nicole walk in together.
"Isn't that your brother?" Mark asked Sarah seeing Jake.
"Which one?" Sarah then asked him.
"Jake and he's on a date with a cute blonde." Mark replied.
Sarah looks at Jake who doesn't see her.
"Go over there and criticize him about his attire for his date." Mark said to her sarcastically.
"Why? He looks okay." Sarah replied.
"He's wearing a black skatershirt with short jeans, black sneakers and a ski cap. And you got on my case because I wanted to wear a Dolphin jersey?" Mark asked her.
"He's not my date." Sarah told him.
Mark just shakes his head and sighs.
On his date with Nicole, Jake sees Justin walk in. He gets nervous and gets up.
"Excuse me for a second." Jake said to Nicole.
Jake is heading towards the door and sees Mark.
"Mark? Over here." Jake whispered to Mark.
Jake then thorws a roll at Marks head. Mark turns to see who threw it at him. When he sees Jake, Jake is waving him over.
"Excuse me for a minute." Mark said to Sarah.
"What?" Mark asked Jake.
"I'm on a date with Nicole Graham." Jake told him.
"Good for you. Now, let me get back to mine." Mark told him.
"And her ex boyfriend showed up." Jake then told him.
"Who's her ex?" Mark then asked him.
"Justin Brickers." Jake replied.
"They guy who has a problem with Max?" Mark then asked him.
"That's the guy." Jake told him.
"If he walks up to you and causes a problem.." Mark explained
"I call you?" jake asked him.
"No, you stand up to him." Mark told him.
Mark walks back to his date and sits down.
"What did Jake want?" Sarah asked him.
"He wanted advice." Mark replied.
"So, he went to you?" Sarah then asked him.
"It was about what to do and how to act when you're out with a girl." Mark explained.
"Again, he went to you?" Sarah asked him again.
"I'm the Date Master." Mark told her.
Sarah laughs. Mark starts to laugh also.
"Why are we laughing?" Mark asked her still laughing.
"I don't know." Sarah replied also still laughing.
They continue to laugh. When Jake gets back to his table he sees Justin sitting at his seat.
"That's my seat, Dude." Jake told him.
"I don't believe it." Justin said as he saw Jake.
"Well believe it, Dude. That's my seat." Jake told him again.
"Justin we were just having dinner that's all." Nicole told him.
"Are you trying to steal my girl?" Justin said to Jake.
Justin starts to shove Jake. Mark stops laughing when he sees this. Mark sighs and gets up.
"Where you going?" Sarah asked him.
"Don't worry. I'll be right back." Mark told her.
Mark walks over to Jake and Justin.
"Is there a problem here?" Mark asked them.
"You think?" Jake asked him sarcastically.
"Shut up. There's no problem here." Justin said to Mark.
"Then why were you shoving my cousin?" Mark then asked him.
"This guy is your cousin." Justin asked him pointing to Jake.
"Yeah. And if you don't want to see my fist in your damn face you'll leave him alone." Mark warned him.
Justin walks away from them and walks out of Rana's.
"I could of taken him." Jake told Mark.
"I was right over there, I had to help you or else your sister would of been on my case for not helping you." Mark explained.
"Thanks." Jake said to him.
"Anytime." Mark said to him as he walked back to his table.
"Why did you do that?" Sarah asked him when he sits back down.
"I was being helpful." Mark replied.
"He's my brother, if he needed help I would of helped him." Sarah told him.
"A guy doesn't want to be helped out of a fight by his sister." Mark told him.
"How would you know?" Sarah asked him.
"I just know these things." Mark told her.
Sarah sighs and gets up.
"Wait, Sarah. Don't go." Mark pleaded with her.
Sarah doesn't turn around and walks out of Rana's.
"Check, please." Mark said to the waiter.
The waiter brings Mark his check. Mark pays for dinner and leaves.