i'm in love
We always used to go there when we were
really young. Our families were really good friends, and still
are.
He saw my
face and beamed. I knew this would be a good place. He told me.
I was frozen again, but this time I was having a flash back of
when I was younger. He began walking forward with my hand in
his still. He began to chuckle when he realized I was kind of
frozen.
Come on,
nothing to be afraid of he teased. I snapped out of it and
began laughing with him. We walked into the Bistro, they had
made a few changes but it was basically the same old place it
was twelve years ago.
Reservation for Woods he told the
waitress.
The
waitress took us to the back of the restaurant and I saw a
table set up for two. We passed straight by it and began to
ascend up some stairs in the back of the Bistro I didn't
even know existed. When we reached the top I was stunned. It
was a cozy room with a small fireplace with a table set up for
two in the middle of the room. It was beautiful, Cody had done
this for me? This was amazing, I was going to
faint.
The
waitress left. You like it? Cody asked, looking quite satisfied
with my expression on my face.
Do I like
it? I asked astonished It's beautiful, you are the
smartest, kindest, most thoughtful person I have ever met! I
squeaked, giving him a giant hug. He squeezed me
back.
Willow,
he said quietly do you like me?
Of course
I like you! I said smiling, we were meant to be together I said
letting go of him to look up at his face. He was
beaming.
Come on,
lets eat something he sighed letting go of me. We both sat down
at the table. He picked up his menu and scanned through the
options, I followed his lead. I narrowed my options down to
three particular things I saw, spaghetti, Caesar salad, and
pizza. Ummm, I thought, the Caesar was the healthiest but the
spaghetti looked the most appetizing. I went with the
spaghetti, it's spaghetti! I thought, what could go wrong?
Apparently a lot could go wrong when one eats spaghetti on
their first date. Example, Bolognese sauce all over the face.
This was one of my famous uh-oh moments. Defiantly not
something every girl wants to go through. I was sitting there,
happily eating my spaghetti and chatting with Cody when he
begins to chuckle.
What? I
nervously asked, Cody only laughed like that when I looked
funny or weird. He continued to chuckle as he picked up his
napkin and leaning over the table began to wipe the Bolognese
sauce that had appeared on my face off. My nervous system shut
down, I couldn't feel my fingers or toes, I couldn't
move. He had never, ever gotten this close. My heart began to
race as if it were in a marathon or something. I could swear
Cody could hear it. I was in complete shock. Cody sat back to
look at me at this point. He continued his chuckle. Now I was
angry,
Stop
that! I tried to scold him, but how could someone possible stay
angry with an angel for more than a second. So, Instead of
finishing off my angry statement with emotion, at the end my
voice melted in to a whisper and I ended up sighing and
shutting up. This only made him laugh more. I put my head down
on the table and gave up. I was only making myself look even
worse.
Its okay!
Cody managed to stammer through his laughing. You look even
cuter when you freeze like that_ he
revealed.
Yeah,
right I replied, my head still down on the table. Cody sighed
and managed to stop himself laughing. I peeked up at him
through my arms cradling myself. Cody was smiling down at
me.
Hi there!
he said, and immediately we both began cracking up again. Cody
was the best, he could always make things right when they were
weird and awkward. He had such a great sense of humor too,
which made it easier to talk to him.
Hey, I
need to go to the bathroom, I'll be right back ok? I told
Cody.
Alright
he replied, I'm not going anywhere! he exclaimed. I shook
my head as I left, always being smart. I headed down the stairs
and to the bathroom. There was a crowd of people leaving when I
got downstairs, through the crowd I thought I saw my moms
purple evening coat.
i'm in love
For the
next few months we were best friends. We would sit next to each
other and hang out after school, but until today he had never
asked me on a date. And that basically brings you up to
speed.
Now, here
I was on a Sunday evening standing in the middle of the
bathroom hyperventilating.
Calm down
I told myself taking deep breaths. I looked at myself in the
mirror. I looked pretty decent. I quickly painted my lips with
gloss and put on blue eyeliner. Now, what was I going to wear?
I decided on a cute skirt and a loose spaghetti strap top (both
pink, of course!) I threw on some flip flops, I mean it was
spring, right? I checked out my outfit in the big mirror in the
hall. I actually looked kind of pretty! Victory! I thought and
checked the time. It was 8:23 P.M. Cody said he would pick me
up at 8:30 to take me to an Italian place. I began to freak out
again.
My
parents happened to be out that night which made it a lot
easier to go out with Cody. They would be back at around 12:00
so I had to be home at 11:30 just in case. The reason my
parents would flip if they knew I would not be at home was
because we had exams this week, and they expected me to be
studying for them. Whoops, a little late for that
now.
I heard a
knock at the door and knew it was Cody. My heart began to race.
I quickly threw my phone and wallet into a purse and slung it
over my shoulder. I made my way downstairs and answered the
door. You would expect that after months of seeing this guy I
would no longer loose my senses when I saw him, wrong. I froze
at the door, was I seriously going out with a guy this cute,
this was way too good to be true. So what? I thought, even if
this was a dream it was a wonderful one. He smiled, and looked
even cuter than I thought possible. How was I supposed to not
faint for four three hours with him? Breathe, I told
myself.
I looked
at his outfit, he had definitely made an effort. He was wearing
jeans with a collar shirt and a jacket, it was almost a tux,
accept for the jeans and his old cons.
I stepped
outside, closing the door behind me.
How are
you? Cody asked casually as we began to stroll down the
street.
Great! I
replied, how about you?
Today was
so boring, he started I had to sit at home and wait for 8:30 to
come he smiled at me and took my hand.
Yeah I
giggled Me too.
You look
so beautiful right now, he said, his eyes burning into mine. I
could feel myself beginning to turn
red.
Thanks I
blushed, looking down.
Its so
easy, I mean, being with you he said staring ahead. I thought
tonight would be hard, but its not._ He
pondered.
That's because we are a good pair I
replied honestly, looking up at him.
Of course
we are, he said, turning to look at me. My heart seemed to be
beating in my head. It was so loud! I hoped Cody couldn't
hear it. The next few minutes of our walk were silent. I mean I
am dumb I admit, but I was seriously running out of things to
say. However I knew Cody, on the other hand, was good with
conversations. He would begin one when we were there, it would
be fine.
When we
arrived at the restaurant, (by the way Cody had not told me
where we were going) I almost began to cry. It was the little
Bistro on the
corner.