It Wasn't A Date

It wasn't a date.

No, I'm telling you it wasn't. We were done with class an hour early and neither of us wanted to go home just yet. Besides, we've been so caught up with our work, I don't think we had anything to eat for more than 24 hours. It was just coffee, coffee, coffee.

Don't you think I'd known if it was a date? I've gone on dates before.

Yeah, yeah. Laugh all you want. Very mature. Annnyyyywaaaayy... Dates are wines, nice restaurants. A waiter reading you all the specials from the one piece of paper he had to memorize 3 hours before his shift. This is not it.

We got out of the class, walked a couple blocks, found a teeny tiny restaurant — if you want to call it a restaurant — and we ordered food. I got burger and fries, he ordered the same thing, we ate. And we talked. Nothing more. It's just like lunch break at school.

Was there flirting? Yeah, there was flirting. It's Dan. He'd flirt at anything standing up. He'd flirt at a lamp post and be proud of it.


Oh, NOW you wanna know if I flirted back. No! It was totally a one way thing.

...

Okay maybe I did flirt back a little.

But, in my defense, I had to. Sometimes you gotta fight fire with fire. You know how it is. Otherwise it'll be a looong night of listening to him talking. Yeah, he does has a nice speaking voice, doesn't he? And a singing voice. Which, I wouldn't have known if he didn't put a quarter into the jukebox.

Trouble. That's the song. It's by Ray somethingsomething. Dan told me to google the lyrics.

What? Not yet. You're doing it now? What does it say? Stop your giggling! Say what? You want me to read it myself? Fine. I'll do it later.

What do you mean we should've danced? You know what, don't answer that. It's nothing romantic. Yes, he paid for dinner. Carried my books and walked me back to the apartment. But that's just him trying to be a gentleman. Emphasis on the word 'trying'. I say good for him. He should learn.

I did have a good time. There was a lot of laughing included. We had fun. What's wrong with that? Can't two people have fun without having people automatically assume they're on a date? Cause it wasn't. Nope. Not a date at all.

Stop laughing.

No, I'm serious. Shut up.

Quit laughing or I'll hang up!