Jacob's Point of view
I was really nervous. Lizzie had asked me out on a date and I said yes. To show off her amazing car even more she said she'd pick me up at 8 so we could drive to the restaurant together. I had my hair short. I jelled it back. It looked weird but cool at the same time. It just so happened I was wearing a tuxedo so I looked a bit like James Bond. Lizzie told me it was a fancy 5 star restaurant we were going to. Apparently her Grandma owned it so we could eat there for free. But she told me to look smart because her Grandma was hard to impress. I looked at the clock. It was 7:55. 5 more minutes. I decided to put some aftershave on. I put some on. You couldn't really smell it. So I decided to put more on. I still couldn't smell much. So I decided to put more on. Then dad called me.
"Hey Jake want some Nachos?" asked Dad.
"You know I'm going to a restaurant", I replied.
I continued to put more aftershave on. Only tiny drops were coming out because I was trying not to spill it. But dad didn't hear me.
"Jake, do you want some Nachos?" asked dad again.
"No", I shouted.
Dad then decided to go up to me as he couldn't hear me.
"JAKE", he yelled going to say something but then his wheelchair tripped over a step.
Dad then came hurtling, without me realising, at a very fast pace towards me. BOOM. Dad crashed straight into me making me pour all the aftershave all over me. I stood there for a second not believing what just happened. Then I smelt myself. I reeked of aftershave. Just then a car horn beeped. It was Lizzie.
"Have fun on your date", said Dad awkwardly.
I could have just exploded. Why did nothing go right for me? But then I stayed calm. I wasn't going to ruin my date with Lizzie. I walked over to her car and got inside it. Once I was inside her car Lizzie then started sniffing.
"Jacob, how much aftershave are you wearing?" she asked.
"The whole bottle", I said embarrassed.
"Why?" she asked.
"I'd rather not talk about it", I said.
"Ok", she laughed starting the car.
She then started driving to the restaurant. As she was driving I started thinking about Nessie. I wondered whether she was alright. Before I knew it we were at the restaurant.
"Jake get my purse out and hand me $10 so I can pay someone to park car. So I got her purse out. Inside her purse was Lizzie looking romantically at a man who had his arm around her. He was looking romantically at her too. They really looked in love.
"Is this Carl?" I asked.
"Yeah, forget to get rid of that picture", she replied.
"You look really in love with him", I said.
"Because I was", she answered.
"What happened to end the relationship?" I asked.
"Too much history", she replied. "Anyway I sort of need $10."
"Oh right, here", I said handing her $10.
After that we both went inside the restaurant. An old lady wearing a long black dress came up to us.
"Lizzie darling how are you?" she asked hugging Lizzie.
"I'm fine Grandma", said Lizzie hugging her back. "Gran this is Jacob."
"Hello it's a pleasure to meet you", I said raising my hand.
Lizzie's Grandma just looked at my hand.
"He smells like a perfume factory just exploded", said Lizzie's Grandma.
"Gran", said Lizzie embarrassed.
"It's ok", I said.
"You can call me Mrs Howard", said Lizzie's Grandma.
"Shall we eat", said Lizzie quickly.
"Aren't we eager to start eating", said Mrs Howard. "Why don't we get aquatinted with each other?"
"No really we shouldn't", said Lizzie dragging me to our table.
When we sat down Lizzie the whispered "Sorry this is going to be a disaster."
* * *
When we arrived at my house Lizzie started talking.
"Well that was a...interesting date", she said.
"Yes it was very interesting how you're grandma ordered me some weird liver, then the waiter "accidently" spilled water all over me", I said.
"I'm sorry, but I wanted our date to be special and there was no way I could afford to eat at a 5-star restaurant after blowing all my money on cars and this lousy dress", said Lizzie tugging at the silk red dress she had been wearing all night.
"It's all right, all I wanted was to be with you", I said.
Lizzie smiled.
"After that date I thought you didn't want to date me anymore", she said.
I shook my head. She then laughed. I leaned in to kiss her but she shook me away.
"Jake, do you mind if we don't rush things?" asked Lizzie.
"It's alright I completely respect that", I said.
"Seeya tomorrow", she said.
"Yeah", I said.
She waved goodbye. I was just about to go in when I could hear Quil running towards me.
"JAKE", he yelled.
"What is it?" I asked.
"It's Nessie", he said.
"What about her?" I asked.
"She needs you, Claire went over to her house and she is totally depressed."
I thought to myself. Nessie sounded like she really needed me. But what was I going to do? Screw things up with me and Lizzie and go back to her? Or stay with Lizzie and leave her? I had to make a big decision.