"Okay, okay, sure, got it, yeah," Chapa launched herself from her seat up to the man's nest on the phone with Mika. She was using a Nokia 8110 instead of the newer phones because Chapa refused to buy a new one. Mika had been drilling her the whole day about tonight. She goes from giving her the details about Manetta's, to what she was planning on wearing, to if Ray found out, to if this was a good idea, to how cute Bose was, to if Chapa and Miles could keep Ray distracted long enough, and to calling this whole thing off. It was safe to say Mika was a nervous wreck. Mika gasped, "What if-", but before she could go on Chapa had enough and stopped her. "Dude, would you relax? me and Miles got this fo sho," She assured. Mika finally stopped talking and took a deep breath.

Mika laid on her bed, still not dressed for her date with her phone to her ear. She closed her eyes and nodded her head, "I'm sorry for blabbing, i just want tonight to be perfect," she apologized. Chapa softly smiled over the phone, she knew Mika's rampage was because she was feeling a little overwhelmed. "It will be perfect, it'll be so good they'll write about it in the history books!" Chapa empathized and heard Mika slightly laugh on the other end.

"Bose really likes you, anyone with a properly functioning brain can see it, and you really like him too, right?..."Chapa added.

Mika blushed sitting up, "Yeah, I really do,".

"Good, now go have fun," Chapa aggressively yelled before hanging up.

Mika dropped her phone and looked at the time, it was six o seven. She needed to start getting dressed. When she told her parents she was going out with Bose her Dad wanted to meet him first until she reminded him that he already knew Bose. The only reason her Dad didn't insist after that was because Herm remembered Bose was that kid from parents' night who appreciated his saddle. He claimed Bose was 'a good lad' or whatever. Her mom was beyond excited and may she add, a little impressed that it was the mayor's step-son. Mika was happy to talk about Bose with her mom but then she tried to give Mika 'the talk' and she ended the conversation right then and there, running to her room.

She had enough to stress over. While Mika was looking for what she was going to wear, her phone buzzed and she walked over to see a text from Bose.

B: Did you change your mind? I'm sorry i overthink *nervous laugh emoji*

Mika smiled over the phone and put her hair behind her ear, he was the cutest.

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Bose had to practically fight his way out of his house. His mother wouldn't stop grooming him and giving him advice. She became emotional saying how he was growing up so fast, they needed to make memories, and something about him forgetting her and moving to Cuba with a lumbergirl. He dealt with it until she wanted to apply gel to his hair. That was his cue to go hide from her until it was time to leave.

Now here he was, in a car outside Mika's house with flowers in his hand. He tapped his foot anxiously working the nerve to get out. He practiced his lines over and over again, but the little things kept slipping his mind. The driver unlocked the door for the second time looking at Bose. "Just give me a minute," Bose insisted."You know you're paying me by the hour right?" The driver inputted. Bose looked up at her and nodded, his hands stopped shaking for a little while.

"It's just that this is like my first real date and i have it bad for this girl so i want this to go really well but she makes me nervous and then i wonder if he likes me as much as i like her, she's also really smart and last week i was looking for my phone in the dark with the flashlight to my phone on, but i really think we can work-however our boss has this no dating rule so if he found we could be in real trouble, besides that-" Bose was in the middle of talking when the window in between him and driver started to close.

Bose wiped the offended look off his face and took that as a hint to get out of the car.

He walked to Mika's front porch surprisingly still on his feet. He turned his back and went over his lines as he knocked on the door. He turned to his back prepared and ready to speak until the door opened, then he became tongue-tied when he saw Mika.

"Hi," She smiled. Mika looked incredibly beautiful.

All his words started to scramble around in his head. "Oh- hi, um, wow you look...wow," He managed to choke out.

Mika light-heartily laughed, putting her hair behind her ear, "You're really cute when your nervous,".

Those simple words were enough to him feel better and slightly he laughed along with her at whatever he just said. He caught a glimpse of the flowers in his hand and then at Mika. "You look really pretty," he corrected giving her the flowers.

Mika thanked him, feeling over the moon. She put the flowers down on a near table before walking past Bose who gestured to the car. Bose exhaled, he didn't know he was holding his breath. He closed her front the door and carefully guided her to the car.

So far, everything was going according to plan

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Meanwhile at SWAG

"Everything is going according to plan," Miles said to Chapa, flipping through his comic book.

"Fo sho, it's not liked Ray is just going to randomly need all four of us right at this exact moment," Chapa scoffed, scrolling through something on the smartboard as she stood in front of it.

Just then Ray burst in excitedly from the back entrance with an apron on, "I need all four of you right now at this exact moment!". Miles quickly kicked his feet off his desk and Chapa dropped the pen she was using to scroll. "Why!?" Miles questioned. "Because I just came up with the best man flaps receipt in the whole dang galaxy," Ray informed in a 'duh' tone. Before Chapa and Miles could speak Ray ran out of the room.

Chapa and Miles looked at each other from across the room. "Well, now what?" Chapa freaked. "What do you mean now what? You don't have a plan?" Miles backtracked. "Why would i have a plan!? That's usually your thing?" Chapa said. They stopped their argument with them loudly growling at each other.

"Well come on call Mika and Bose in, these man flaps won't stay warm forever," Ray called from the intercom.

Chapa and Miles disbanded around the room in a panic. Miles tripped trying to get to his seat and Chapa, in a hurry, decided there wasn't enough time to get to hers, sat on Miles's lap as he pressed the button launching them to the man's nest.