Sorry about the delays on chapters! Got writer's block again and I'm not feeling so well so sorry about that! D: but enjoy though! :). Sorry. It's not a good chapter, I typed it when I was sleepy so it's not that good.
Chapter 4:
John's POV:
I'm looking over myself in the mirror once more before leaving to get Bailey. I let a quick breath of nervousness. I haven't been on a date in a while, but I guess that's okay since I have been in the military for 5 years already. I look over my white collared t-shirt with dark wash jeans and sneakers. I run my hand over my scalp. I then go back into my room, getting my cologne and spraying it at least once or twice on me. I don't want it to be that strong. I let out another quick breath and I grip on my dog tags then put them under my shirt. I walk downstairs and I see my mom, cooking dinner.
"You're going out?" She asks when she sees my outfit.
"Yeah actually, Bailey is taking me to the new seafood place that opened up." I reply, trying to keep calm of the growing nervousness in me.
My mother smiles "That's nice. Have fun, John." She replies. I smile back then leave, going over next door to Bailey's house. I walk up the front porch of her house and I ring the doorbell. Her mother opens the door, shocked to see me.
"Oh, hello, John." She greets with me a bit of fear in her voice. I can tell she was trying to hide it, but failed miserably.
"Hello, I'm here, because Bailey is taking me out tonight." I reply, staying in my place not daring to move an inch for scaring her more.
"Oh, yes, Bailey had told me about that." She says then closes the door a bit and yells for Bailey to come downstairs.
"She'll be out in a minute." Her mother says a bit more calmly now. I nod with a small grin and I sit on the bench out on her front porch. This reminds me of when I took out Trish on the first date when I was in college.
Flashback
I'm sitting in the restaurant waiting for Trish. I kind of have a feeling she stood me up, but I can't help, but wait. She's twenty minutes later, but I'm still waiting. Probably traffic or something. I play with the knife and the salt and pepper shakers then I see a body figure on the edge of the table, standing up. I look up from what I was doing and I see Trish and I smile widely.
"Hey." I reply with probably the biggest smile on my face.
"Hey." She replies with a small smile and sits down. She's wearing a black little dress that fits her body type perfectly and her straight hair in a ponytail with no hair stand standing up. I admire her beauty.
"Did you order already? I'm sorry for being late some idiot on the highway decided to crash into another car." She rolls her eyes under her smokey eyed eyelids.
I chuckle "That's great." I reply. She giggles and we order our food. We spend the rest of the night talking and enjoying each other's company.
End of Flashback
I smile slightly at the memory of Trish's and mine's first date. I then see the door open, catching Bailey in my sight. She is wearing plain clothing for the occasion. I actually like the plain clothing idea to go out to a seafood restaurant.
"Hey, you look great." I said after getting up, smiling at her. I can feel a blush creep up to my face, but I think of something else and it goes down.
"You too." Bailey replies with a chuckle.
"Should we go?" Bailey added and I nod. I get into the passenger seat since its Bailey's car and she pulls out of the drive way and drives to the restaurant. I look out the window, occasionally glancing at Bailey once in a while. We end up having a friendly conversation and I hear her laugh since the incident with her ex. I love her laugh. I would make her laugh every day of her life. She pulls up into the parking lot of the restaurant.
I get out then I walk inside with her. I see a bunch of people inside the restaurant and we get a nice table next to the windows so we can look out the window as we talk or eat or whatever. I order fried calamari and a shrimp cocktail and Bailey orders the same. We continue to talk and we get to know each other more.
I can't help a small blush creeping up my face since I'm nervous, but also excited to be on the date. Bailey gets to know me and I get to know her and we get along so well. Our food comes and we continue talking as we eat. We get to know each some more before finishing up and leaving the restaurant about an hour later. We continue the conversation we were having in the car until we get to Bailey's house. After a few minutes, Bailey pulls up to her driveway. Her tone gets a bit more dimmer, I can tell she's a bit upset that the date has ended.
I talk to her for a few more minutes before letting her go inside her house.
"That was really nice, I enjoyed it." I said with a smile on my face. She blushes lightly and looks down, before looking back up at me.
"Thanks, I enjoyed it also. You should become a comedian as a part time job." She replies with a chuckle.
"No, thanks, I'm good enough with this job." I reply echoing her chuckle.
"I hope we can do this again." She says. Now, it's my turn to ask her.
"I hope we can also Friday night at 8, we can see a movie." I say and I see her face lit up.
"That would be great." She replies with the biggest smile plastered on her face. I chuckle, next thing you know, she leaves a kiss on my cheek, causing me to blush so much and she giggles.
"See you, John." She says.
"See you." I say then she walks back inside her house. I walk back to mine, not being able to believe what Bailey had done. I would make the next move on Friday. I couldn't wait.