Valentine’s Date
I am at work tonight. This guy needed off, so I switched with him. We aren’t doing much in here. It’s quiet tonight.The computers have been acting crazy. Anyway…
Lisa told me to plan the date for Valentine’s. I called my sister and asked her what to do. She proceeded to clown mw on the phone to the rest of my family that was at the house. I can’t stand her sometimes.
Between my sister and the rest of my family, they decided that I should take her to a nice restaurant and the movies. I didn’t want to go to the movies, so that was out of the question. My uncle suggested that I find a jazz club that was doing something for Valentine’s Day and take her there. I didn’t even know if Lisa liked jazz. That was out of the question. One of my aunts suggested Love’s Place; which is an upscale restaurant in Fontaine. My aunt said that she knew the owner and would call him to get me a reservation. The restaurant had been celebrating Valentine’s Day since the Friday before. They usually celebrated until the next Saturday. It sounded exciting.
I got a call from my Aunt on Monday morning telling me that she had gotten the reservation for me. I was so excited until I heard that the reservation was for 9:30 PM. That was the only time she could get them. Lisa and I were supposed to meet at 7:00, what was I going to do for 2 hours.
I got Lisa some roses and a teddy bear. I got over to her house at 6:45. Her father answered the door. He looked like a father, mean and hateful. He grabbed me by the arm and led me into the kitchen. He picked up a nice and started chopping a cucumber. He said, “I hope you don’t plan on trying to get some Valentine’s booty from my daughter. If you try anything with my daughter tonight, this cucumber won’t be the only thing getting chopped up tonight.”
I was scared. He hit that cucumber so hard with the knife that the piece he cut went flying across the room. I couldn’t believe that he was talking to me like that. He knew me and he knew I wasn’t like that. Lisa’s mother walked in the kitchen. She hugged me and said hello. She told me to go wait in the living room for Lisa. I heard her say, “Why did you scare that boy like that? You need Jesus,” as I walked out of the kitchen.
I thought I was going to pass out. I hadn’t been that scared in a long time.
Lisa walked in the living room. She looked great. I smiled at her and gave her the flowers and bear. She handed me a card. Her parents walked into the living room. Her mother said, “You all have fun.” Her father made the meanest face I had ever seen and said, “Don’t have too much fun!”
I didn’t have any plans for what to do for the 2 hours that we had free. I drove to where the restaurant was. When we passed the restaurant, Lisa said, “I have always wanted to go there.” I smiled and said, “Yea, I heard it was nice.” There was a mall near the restaurant, I pulled into the mall.
We walked around the whole mall for an hour. She was cool with that. I was surprised. She didn’t say that she was hungry or anything.
It was 9:00 when we left the mall. I took a chance and drove over to the restaurant. It was like 9:13 when we got to the restaurant. I think Lisa almost passed out when we drove into the parking lot. It was funny.
We had to wait until 9:30, but we were able to listen to the band play while we waited. Lisa talked forever. I am not even sure what she was talking about. I was just staring at her.
We got our table. It was close to the band. There was even a bunch of roses on the table. The server was extra nice to us. The owner of the restaurant came over to the table and talked to me like he knew me. He asked about my aunt. My aunt had come through for me.
Lisa kept smiling at me like crazy. She got close to me and laid her head on my shoulder as we listened to the band play. It was cool. I put my arm around her shoulders.
We ended up closing the restaurant down. The owner was cool about it, too.
I drove her home.
When we got to her house, we sat out in the car for a few minutes. I looked at her front door several times. Someone kept opening and closing the blinds. She looked embarrassed and said, “I don’t know why my dad is tripping.” I smiled at her and then got out of the car to go open the door for her.
I walked her to the door. We stood outside the door until her father opened the door. He looked mad. He snapped at us. His wife walked to the door, grabbed Deacon Cole and pulled him back into the house. When she closed the door, Lisa kissed me on the lips real quickly. She opened the door and went into the house after she waved.
I drove home floating.
I called my aunt after I got settled. She made me tell her everything that happened. I know my mother is going to have a fit because she didn’t find out about the date first.
J.Widel
posted by Me @ 9:41 PM
