My Yearning Heart

Chapter 19

A Date After so Long

Apparently, Cinder works really fast because a knock came from my door just the next day after. It was Yang and she asked me out on a date. At first, I thought it was only because Cinder told her about her plan, but when I asked, she said Cinder hadn't even talked to her. I took a few moments to think, but then decided to let her take me on a date.

Today was that day and for some reason, I was feeling extremely nervous. In my head, I was trying not to think of it as a date, but on the outside, everything was telling me that it was. Although I told her that I would consider her feelings after all of this, I couldn't help but wonder how Blake would feel if she realized what was happening. I wasn't completely sold on this idea of going out with some high school student, but there was something present within me saying that it worth taking the risk. I sighed out loud as the thoughts just seemed to confuse me even more.

It was 3:00pm and Yang was planning on coming to get me at 4:30. I stood in front of my closet and wondered what I should wear. Back then, people always wore really nice stuff to dates, but I was sure that those times have changed. Formal attire wasn't a thing in society anymore when it came to dates. But again, I didn't really know why I was thinking about this so much. There was no way anything would come out of this. It would just be a simple night out to find out more about this girl. That was Cinder's plan and I was determined to make it my plan as well.

As time passed, I finally figured out my wardrobe. I grabbed a nice pair of black capris and a purple ruffled blouse. I looked myself in the mirror and automatically, the image of a teacher came to my head. I was just no good at this stuff. I was comfortable and to me, it looked pretty cute so I stuck with it.

At that moment, the doorbell rang and I took a deep breath. This isn't anything special. All I'm doing is trying to get to know this girl. That's it. I walked to the front door and opened it up to see Yang in jeans and plaid shirt. I couldn't help but relieved. I was a little over-dressed, but she was wearing what I expected her to wear. She grabbed my arm and pulled me out of the house.

"Hi Yang."

"Hi Alex." I flinched at the sound of her voice. I believe this was the first time she ever called me by my first name. It's not that it was wrong, I was just not ready for this level of comfort between us.

"So where are we going?"

"I had tickets to my favorite football team's game today so we'll head there first." Oh no. Sports. I absolutely knew nothing about sports. I wasn't very sporty myself and being dragged to a sports game was definitely outside of my comfort zone.

When we got to the stadium, I was overwhelmed. There were so many people there and all of them looked insane. They were dressed in the team's color as well as being painted that same color. They were all screaming and chanting for their team to win while Yang and I quietly weaved through the hoard of people until we made it into the stadium. We walked around to check out some things when she suddenly shoved a foam finger on my hand.

"What is this?"

"It's a little gift so that you'll remember this day." I couldn't but smile. "And plus, the crowd loves these." She took my hand again and guided through the whole place until we made our way to our seats. Surprisingly, we were in a pretty area. We could see the field without being too close to the action.

Once we sat down, I immediately asked her what this sport was and she happily explained it to me. It was definitely difficult to understand the concept, but she assured me that when the game started, I would be able to understand. Kickoff started and everyone cheered as loud as they could. Even Yang got up from her seat and cheered them on. I was still confused about what to do. It wasn't until our team scored when soething happened.

"Alex, we scored!"

"Really? What does that mean?"

"We're winning. Put your foam finger in the sky."

"Huh?"

"Just do it." I slowly raised my arm to the sky and at that moment, confetti shot out of the finger as everyone around us yelled "boom!" When it happened, I jumped in my seat from the surprise of the blast. "That was awesome, huh?"

"Awesome? You scared me."

"Haha, I'm sorry." The game went on, but as it did, I slowly started to pick up on what was happening. I saw the person who threw the ball, the one who carried the ball, and the ones who were trying to take the ball away. The more I started to understand it, the more I got into it. It wasn't until I got out of seat and started cheering them on as well. Because I was in the heat of the moment, I didn't really pay attention to Yang, but I'm sure she was a little surprised by my change of personality.

Once the game was over, we quickly exited the stadium to avoid any after-game problems. As we left, she asked me how I felt and I told her that I actually had a fun time. I never knew how fun sports games were and the kind of fan that Yang was made it even more enjoyable.

After that, she took me to another interesting place. It was some kind of Adventure Park or something. Kids were everywhere which told me that it wasn't a place for me, but Yang didn't care. She guided through the building until we arrived at the min golf area. She grabbed the clubs and balls and took me to the first hole. I was really nervous since I've never done anything like this. Also, I'm not sporty in any way so doing something like this was something that I probably couldn't pick up very easily. Yang put her ball on the starting place and took her first shot. The hole was straight shot so Yang managed to get it pretty close to the hole. When she was done, she moved out of the way and gestured for me to start.

"Um, I don't know how to say this, but I've never actually played golf or anything so I don't really know what to do."

"Okay, I'll help you out." She walked behind me and griped me by the shoulders. She stuck me right next to the starting place where I placed the ball. After that, she came up close behind me and put her hands on mine. "So you grip your hands like this?" I couldn't help but get a little nervous. This feeling was really soothing, but also very unique. My palms were starting to sweat which was making holding the club a little difficult. "Once you got that, she look down to where the hole is and aim with your body.

I couldn't concentrate. Yang's chest was pressed against my back, but the strange this was that she was nervous. It didn't show it, but her heart told me otherwise. It was beating a million miles an hour and I didn't know what to do so I just let her handle the ropes for the first shot. She pulled her hands back and then thrust them back forward, hitting the ball to the hole. We watched it intensively until it trailed all of the way into the hole.

"Hey, you got a hole-in-one!" Yang was cheering, but I was a little out of it. I was still thinking about what just happened. I was nervous this entire time, but Yang looks like she's been doing this forever. And yet, when her body was pressed against mine, her heart was racing as if she was facing a life or death situation.

This girl is a lot different than what I first thought her out to be.

End of Chapter 19