Picnics, and Tinka, and Ty, oh my…

The reason I never told my parents, or brother for that matter if I had a date is that dad would get over protective, there is nothing scarier than a skilled butcher pointing a knife under your chin, my brother tries to go along or make me wear one of his creations, a mom, well she becomes emotional and drawls on about how I'm growing up so fast, so I decided I wouldn't tell them, I would go out on my date with Ty Blue as Liz.

Ty: I'm excitd 4 2nite

Tinka: Me too

Ty: Wanna know where we're going

Tinka: Don't tell me the pickle museum, or a fancy restaurant

Ty: Are they bad?

Tinka: It's just something with no thought

Ty: Fine, I've got something up my sleeve

I put my phone down waiting for a reply, but got none. He was obviously planning.

I looked over my wardrobe. It was stuffed with glitter, I only had a small portion of 'me' clothes.

I looked over my options, I could wear a dress, but since fancy restaurant is ruled out, it would be likely we would be doing simple, so I chose a pair of black shorts, a bright orange red shirt, and a thin, see through cotton shirt to go over it, it kind of looked like a poncho, but it was much more stylish, and, it had some sort of nature icon on it.

I debated over what shoes to wear. Greek sandals, heels, or sneakers? I finally found a pair of strappy sandals, and topped the outfit off with a chunky red bracelet.

I was Liz and I was ready as hell.

The escape was not easy.

See, she had to be at the bottom of the apartments by eight, and since that was the time her father got home, she would have to hide in the lobby.

"Easy, I'll wear a wig." She found one under mounds of used clothes in her closet, a long brown wig with a bright pink streak in it and with bangs.

She looked like a different person. "Now for the fire escape." She thought to herself. She hadn't used it in years.

I waited in the lobby with a single white rose in my hands.

I looked at the clock, she was five minutes late.

Looking around the room while leaning against the hall, I saw a pretty girl leaning against the wall like me.

She was smirking at me.

Curious, I walked over to her and asked," Have you seen Tinka around here?"

"You don't see her?" She asked looking at me.

"Tinka?" I said looking at her, once again, up and down.

"It's a wig, now let's go, who's that for." She said grabbing the rose and stroking the petals.

"You. Red is so generic, but white shows purity, and love." He said, immediately regretting it.

"Love eh?" She said whispering into my ear.

She had to tiptoe a bit to reach, but she knew her comment had the desired effect. She felt me shudder at her warm breath on my neck.

"Come on." She said pulling me by the hand, jerking me back into a state of reality.

"Now, where is this mystic place that we're going to?" She said making a jazz hands movement. "You'll see."

When they finally made it to central park, she saw that he had gone all out, in a simplistic manner.

He had found a spot by the river near a tree that shaded the picnic blanket, and a basket filled with her favorite food.

"You remembered." She mustered, taking in the surroundings. On their first date, she had told him how in the old country, she liked to lie in their make shift park by the river, and read.

"I did." He said, motioning her to sit down.

Gently, he unpacked the dinner. He had a bottle of sparkling apple juice, strawberries and cream, and ceasar salad.

"That was amazing. You really care, don't you?" She said, stroking his hand.

"You're amazing," He said dabbing her nose with whipped cream.

She leaned in, and holding the back of his head, she kissed him.

The kiss took him by surprise. 'Tinka' said that in the old country, the extent of kissing for nonmarried people was a kiss on the check, and yet here he was, deepening a passionate kiss with the girl of his dreams.

The stars melted away their worries, and they stayed there, savoring the night.

Tinka woke up smelling a combination of cologne, dew, and strawberries. Her eyes fluttered open, and she saw a dormant Ty Blue, whom she snuggled up to.

Then the realization had hit her. She had been there all night.

'Did I do anything bad? Oh crap, this is like a hangover, but we didn't have alcohol, I should remember all this.'

The thoughts made her squirm, as she tried to break free of his hold.

Ty stirred awake, to find a squirmy Tinka. Her wig was hanging on for dear life as it slid off of her head, revealing her blonde hair. She was stunning.

"Hey you." He said groggily.

"Ty, no time for talk, I was here all night," She said finally breaking free of his embrace," and my parents are going to be worried as hell, and Gunter… Well, he'll be relieved when he finds me, then furious."

She looked around and located her shoes, thought one shoe was particularly hard to find, as it was stashed in the trunk of the tree that was shading them.

"Are you saying you didn't have a good time last night?" Ty said dejectedly, twiddling his thumbs.

Tinka rushed over to him on her knees as she stroked his faced," I did, it's just that everything has repercussions, and this one is going to cost my freedom for a few days… or months, but Ty, I loved last night, I was free, and I was with you."

His face instantly lit up, and, realizing her point, he packed up the picnic basket.

"Bye." He said embracing her.

She looked up into his eyes and gave him a goodbye kiss, which was hard to break, seeing as when she kissed him, she melted.

Tinka walked away rubbing her arms. She hated who she bumped into on the way.

"Hey Deuce." Ty said as he strolled up to his best friend.

"What the hell dude, I've been texting you all night and you didn't reply, Rocky's been texting me saying she didn't know where you were, God."

Ty took out his phone from his pocket, and sure enough, he had twenty-eight messages on his phone.

"Sorry man, I was busy last night."

"With what?" Deuce replied. He wasn't convinced.

"With a girl." Ty said, trying to avoid the subject. Tinka didn't want to be known for who she was, and it would be hard enough not to tell.

Deuce's tone immediately changed. "Who was it?" He said, wiggling his eyebrows.

"Her name's… Liz. I met her when I went to study with Gunter. She lives in the same apartment building as they do.

"Nice man… You know, nevermind, I'll drop the subject, until you're ready to give details."

"God you've been hanging around with the girls too much, guys don't ask for details, they ask for a name, and is she hot." He said over his shoulder as he walked back to his apartment.

~Meanwhile~

"Hey, you're new. My name's Cece and this is Rocky." The girls unknowingly introduced themselves to Tinka.

"Fooled by a brunette wig." I thought to myself, half chuckling. "My name's Liz." I said in my American accent, feeling exhilarated that a wad of plastic string was fooling the two.

"Liz, there's a little issue we have, it's that you went on a date with my brother and we want to know, WHAT THE HELL?" Rocky screamed.

"Yah, he was gone the whole night, you guys didn't…?" Cece said, fear edging across her face.

I suddenly realized what they were implying. "Oh God no!" I exclaimed.

"Few… Hey! You should double date with Rocky and Deuce," Cece said pushing Rocky forward," and I'll go with Gunter." She said, defeated.

"Wait, did you guys have a thing going on?" I asked.

"No, well, I did have a crush on him for a while, but he didn't feel the same way, so I give you my blessing Liz!" Cece said, half bowing.

"Hey, I'm his sister, shouldn't I be giving the blessing?" Rocky replied.

"Hey, I'm the one that had the crush on him, not you!"

Rocky made a 'pfft' sound in reply and the two girls asked if I wanted to go back to their apartment.

"No, I think I have to go home, my parents are probably gonna kill me after last night." I said, saying a brief goodbye, and walking briskly down the path.

"Does she seem familiar?" Rocky asked, stroking her chin.

"Well…" Cece said, obviously trying to gather her thoughts," She kinda reminds me of someone, but I'm not sure who."

The girls shrugged it off and headed back to their apartment. Ty had a lot of talking to do.

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