My Yearning Heart
Chapter 26
The Second Date
Note: Hey everyone, my family and I have just finished up our time visiting Spain and France. It was incredible how beautiful Spain. I wasn't expecting things to be that incredible. Unfortunately, in France, they removed the bridge of love and I was a little saddened by that. Now, we're about to travel to Germany and Italy and see what's waiting for us there. Wish us luck and I hope you guys enjoy. Actually, I'd love to hear what you guys are doing to fill your time. I'm sure you're all doing soemthing just as awesome.
The morning finally came around where I would go on another date with Yang. The night before, I managed to clear some things up for her. My biggest concern was that I would come to her house and pick her up at noon. If she were to come over and pick me up, things just wouldn't be pretty. When we woke up, Blake and I ate breakfast together and she talked all about how she was so proud of me for hanging out with my friends. Unfortunately, I just couldn't look her in the eye. I was telling a horrible lie and she was going with it. I didn't feel right about this, but things were going smoother than I expected.
Once we finished our breakfast, I went to get ready. I had a lot of time before I needed to head over and I definitely took my time. I don't know how long I stood in the shower for, but it felt like an eternity. As I got ready, I made sure that it wasn't dressing in anything too formal. I did a pretty go job last time so I wanted to nail that part of the date. I did every other part of my morning routine and walked out in the living room where Blake was waiting for me.
"Alright, you all ready to go?"
"I guess so," I said with a weak voice.
"Aw, don't be so scared. Just act like yourself. I'm sure it'll go great. Now, don't make her wait." She suddenly put her hand against my back and pushed me out the door. "Go have fun." I stumbled a bit before recovering my stance.
"Hey Blake, wait."
"Yeah?"
"If there is a friend you want to go hang out with, I don't mind if you go over to their house or something. I just don't like the idea of you being here alone."
"Don't worry about me. If something comes up, I'll go with it. Now, get out of here," she said with a smile.
"Okay, bye." I waved to her and she waved back. I don't know why, but it felt as if I was leaving this planet on an exploration mission to find something I knew didn't even exist. I turned around slowly and headed off to Yang's house. I took a deep breath and tried to relax.
I leisurely walked to Yang's house with my mind racing. Everything inside of my head was conflicted. Some parts of me knew that this was wrong and other parts wanted this to go well. I couldn't decide on how I should act. Things were coming down to the wire. Yang only had one more year until I had to give her my true answer. I wasn't sure if I was ready to make such a commitment. At that moment, I remembered that day in my room. "I will return my feeling." How could I be so stupid? I said that with such confidence in my voice, like I knew that I could do it. I don't know if I can do that for her. It's been so long since I've had someone like that in my life and I'm not sure I'd know what to do.
After a few more minutes of walking and thinking, I arrived at Yang's house. I tried not to make too much noise as to give myself one final chance to think this over. I stared down her front door and made sure that this was something I wanted to do. However, nothing inside of me said that I shouldn't. So, I took one last deep breath and walked towards her door. I knocked and waited for a response. After a few seconds, the door swung open and out jumped Yang.
"Alex, I've missed you so much!" She leapt onto my arm which caught me off guard.
"Um, hi Yang. How are you?"
"I'm great. How about yourself?"
"I'm alright I guess."
"Guess? What's that mean?" I couldn't answer her. I just turned my head. "Well, it doesn't matter. Shall we?" Still attached to my arm, Yang guides me through her yard and back onto the street. I had no idea where we were going so I had to trust that Yang knew what a good second date meant.
We eventually walked into town and for some reason, we were attracting a lot of attention. Thankfully, I didn't recognize anyone who was giving us looks, but it just felt weird. We kept on walking until we finally came up on the movie theater. This was kind of shock because this girl didn't seem like the movie watching type. Also, it's been so long since I've actually seen a movie in theaters so this was kind of an interesting experience.
"So, what movie are we seeing?"
"I know this may be a little selfish, but I already picked the movie. I hope you're not mad about that."
"Don't worry about me. I just want to know what movie we're watching." Her face suddenly lit up.
"Well, it's about this band of superheroes who are really freaking cool. However, I'm only interested because there's this supposed romance between two of the team members." My face turned a little red. "Come on, we need to get good seats." She took my hand as we ran through the entrance and in towards the theater room. When we got inside, we were able to grab some good seats that didn't strain our necks if we looked at the screen.
We had some time before the movie started so I decided to go the concession stand to get some things to occupy our time. So far, things weren't going too bad. That's what I kept telling myself. When I got the concession stand, there was a reasonable line so I waited patiently. As I did, something poked me in the arm which caused me to turn around.
"Ms. Belladonna?" It was some of my students who ate in my room during lunch.
"Oh, hi girls, what are you doing here?"
"We're watching Fifty Shades of Grey." I nearly barfed at that comment. I never read the books, but I heard that that adaptation was ridiculous. "What are you doing here? You with someone?"
"Yeah, I'm with one of my friends. We're watching that hero movie or whatever."
"Avengers?! Oh my gosh, that movie was incredible. I'm sure you'll like it. Well, we gotta go. Our movie's starting soon. We hope to see you around again."
"Okay, have fun." I just couldn't believe it. High school girls were seeing that kind of movie. I seriously started to doubt the parenting skills of today. When it was my turn in line, I grabbed some snacks and some drinks and headed back inside the theater room. Yang was waiting patiently for me as the room filled up fast as I was gone. I took my seat as the film started.
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As a whole, the movie was alright. The action was definitely something to remember. Apparently, there was a first movie that started it all. I wasn't able to watch it so I was kind of last in the beginning. The romance thing that Yang was talking about was kind of weird. I thought it would be a lot more lovey-dovey, but it was more along the lines of modest love. Nothing major happened, but it was obvious that they had feelings for each other. Something that I couldn't get out of my mind was that when they did have that moment in the movie, Yang gripped my arm and nearly came to tears. I couldn't help but ask myself. Is this really something to cry over? After the movie was done, she took my through town and into a restaurant for some food. It wasn't anything like the place we went to last time so I was able to relax.
The waiter snagged a table for us and we began our dinner. It was quiet at first, just like every date nowadays. When we got our drinks, that's when Yang started to hit it off. She talked about how excited she was for finally becoming a senior. I didn't know what her true motives were, but I had the feeling that it was because in the end, she would finally get to be with me.
Eventually, yang finally switched the role of the conversation to where I was the one who was talking. It was hard at first because I wasn't really sure what to talk about, but judging by Yang's expression on her face, nothing would have mattered. She constantly had on that smile as if she was in heaven. I mean, it was definitely a little strange that this girl was so attached to me, but I couldn't help but feel weak at the knees that someone out there truly cared for me. That's when things finally hit me.
The more we hung out like this, the more I started to realize how honest and how real this love that Yang had for me was.
End of Chapter 26