Two weeks later Lennon and Maggie were having coffee.
"Has that Robbie guy tried to get you to go out with him anymore?" Maggie asked.
"Yes." "It's cute." "He always finds someway to come and talk to me."
"Do you like him?"
"He's a nice guy but I don't know if I want a relationship."
"Why not?"
"I don't want to get hurt again."
"Not everyone's gonna be an asshole like Montgomery."
"I know."
"I think you should give Robbie a chance."
Two nights later Lennon was getting ready to leave the apartment.
"Where are you going Len?" Randy asked.
"They're showing Terminator one and two at the old theater." "I'm gonna go watch them."
"Do you have a date?"
"Nope I'm going by myself."
"Can I come?"
"No date tonight?"
"No."
"You can come."
"Want me to drive?"
"If you want."
When the movies were over they walked to the car. Lennon was surprised when Randy opened the passenger door for her.
"Thank you." She said.
"You're welcome." She got in car. He went around and got in the car. "Hungry."
"Yeah."
"Me to."
"Wanna pick up a pizza on the way home?"
"Sure."
After they ate they were sitting on the living room couch talking.
"You want to be a lawyer right?" Randy said.
"Yeah."
"What kind?"
"Criminal defense."
"You're gonna get criminals off huh?" He said jokingly.
"Well most of the time I hope my clients will be innocent." "I wanna work for a big law firm."
"So you can make lots of money?"
"Partly yes." "I grew up poor." "I'd like to eventually make enough money for a nice, comfortable lifestyle." "Nothing to extravagant, just enough to know I'm doing well." "Mostly though I want to be able to take care of my mom." "I wanna buy her a nice house." "She had to work three jobs my entire childhood just to support us." "I want to return the favor."
"What else do you want out of life?"
"Well eventually I want to get married and have kids." "Not anytime soon though."
"I had fun tonight."
"Me to." "I think I'm gonna go to bed." She went to get up.
"Lennon wait."
"Yeah?" He still couldn't say the words so instead he leaned up and kissed her. He was surprised when he felt her kissing him back. He put his palm to her cheek as they continued to kiss. About twenty seconds passed before she suddenly broke the kiss. She had a shocked look on her face. "What the hell are you doing?" "What the hell am I doing?" She stood up. "No, no, no." "That's why you've been being so nice to me huh." "You wanna get me into bed."
"Lennon no."
"Oh please." "That's all you ever want out of a woman."
"Other women, yes." "Not you." "I like you, a lot." "I've been trying to work up the courage to ask you out over the last couple weeks." "You make me nervous but in a good way."
"You're good Randy." "I almost believe you."
"You kissed me back, that has to mean something."
"It means I'm a moron." "I forgot the kind of man you were for a few seconds." "You want to use me and I'm not going to let you."
"No, that's not true." "Not this time."
"Whatever, I'm going to bed." She went into her room and shut the door. Randy stood there wondering how everything got so turned around.