Pizza Date

Is it cheesy if I will be saying that I didn't get any sleep last night because I'm excited about this date? I mean, I can't even remember when was the last time I went out on a date nor asked someone on a date, there must be something about her right?

About the date, well I texted her on what time I will pick her up at her flat. She told me at 7:00 pm and due to too much excitement I'm already in the lobby, I'm a little bit early since it's only 6:30 pm. Well, can you blame the gay? I mean the girl? I'm just really excited to see Red!

Why it seems like the time is running slow? Do 30 minutes really this long? Or is it because I am so eager to see her that I felt like the time is too slow. I checked my watch, 6:50 pm, hmmm...10 minutes more, should I do the countdown? Is it too much? Well, as embarrassing as it sounds, I started counting, and by counting means, I checked my watch like I don't know maybe every second, I'm not really sure anymore! Gosh! How can a girl make me feel this way? In the middle of my rambling thoughts, I felt my phone vibrating, and when I check it, FCK!!! She's calling, Red is calling. I composed myself before answering my phone, BREATH!!! 1...2...3...

"Hello?" I answered my phone trying to sound cool.

"Hi. I'm coming down to the lobby, I'm just gonna wait for you there, okay?" She on the other line.

Of course, I didn't tell her that I am waiting for her for almost 30 minutes now. I want to appear like I am a cool woman and not a giddily excited kid trapped in a grown woman's body. So I answered "Oh. I'm already here at the lobby, I just got here, maybe like 5 minutes ago." Lie. But she doesn't have to know that.

"That's great then, I'm gonna hang up now! Ow! I already spotted you! Bye!" Then she ended the call. I turned around to look for her and that's where I spotted her walking towards me.

Is it normal to have this kind of feeling for someone that you've just met recently? Like if you get what I'm trying to say, I've just met her a few nights ago and I'm having this feeling of connection towards her. A feeling that I can't explain at the moment coz I don't know how and I'm not quite sure if it's infatuation or physical attraction or something deeper. Anyway, the reason why I'm asking these questions is that because the moment I spotted her, all I can say is she's the epitome of a goddess. How can someone wearing a black leather jacket over a plain white V-neck shirt, black skinny ripped jeans (she's a fan of ripped ha!), and an old school vans shoes can look this good!

"Hi!" She greeted me with a big smile and a hug! Wait!!! Did she just hug me? Before I can even respond with the hug she already let me go, that was fast, or am I just too slow to realize what just happened.

"Hello. You look great!" I told her sounding a little calmer since I am trying not to sound so whipped.

"Thanks! You're not so bad yourself either!" She said with a hint of teasing in her voice. So I thought two can play that game. So I play the game too, saying "I know right! You're lucky that I'm your date." Earning a laughed from her and an eye roll, "Damn. That was hot, when did an eye roll become that hot?" I asked myself.

"Anyways, are you ready?" I asked her.

"Yes! Let's go!" She answered me.

"Alright. I know this place that serves a good pizza if you up for it, I would like to bring you there. What do you say? Pizza? or do you have anything in mind that you want to eat?" I asked her while walking towards the parking lot.

"What can I say? I'm a big fan of pizza and if that place that you're talking about serves a good pizza, then I would like to try it." She answered with a smile on her face. A smile that almost makes my knees weak. Of course, I didn't let her notice that by pretending to be walking normally until we reached my car.

"Pizza it is then." I answered her while opening the car door of the passenger seat for her.

The drive was not awkward at all, it was full of small talks that eventually lead to a very interesting topic that made us laugh, argued in a fun way, and agreed with some of it too. Until we arrived at the pizza place.

We ordered a pizza Margherita because we both love a simple yet flavorful type of pizza for tonight's date. We were enjoying our pizza while conversing about Harry Potter when some smiling dimwit decided to interrupt us.

"Red?! Is that you?" "Oh my! It is really you, nice to see you here!" Said by the smug face dimwit. "Ha! The nerve of this guy to interrupt our date! Can't he notice that someone is with her, conversing with her, that someone who is "me", is with her!" I said to myself getting annoyed.

"Robin?! Hey, it's been so long! How are you?!" Answered Red with a beaming smile, forgetting that I'm with her.

"I'm doing good! How about you?! You're right, it's been so long?! I am really glad to see you after so long." The dimwit answered with a lingering touch on Red's left shoulder. "The fck was that?!" "Dude fck off! I'm on a date with her!!! Can't you see it?!" I said to myself until I decided that I should introduce myself before this smug face steals my date.

"Hey. I don't want to appear rude to interrupt your little reunion, but I felt like it would be rude for me to not introduce myself. I'm AJ by the way." I stand up from my chair and offer my hand, which the smug didn't accept, and just nod his head towards me.

"Robin." He said not showing any interest in my existence or whatever am I. "Oh no...You did not just do that, you did not just ignore me and humiliate me Robin." I said to myself looking at him grimly. I decided to sit back on my chair until Red remembered my existence and properly introduce me to the smug face.

"Oh Robin, this is AJ just like what she said a while ago, she's my friend." "AJ, this is Robin, my friend." This time the smug face gave me his fake smile and politeness. "Asshole" I thought. Anyways, I played the game and give him my much more fake smile and politeness.

"I gotta go now Red, it was really nice seeing you again, talk to you soon. I hope you still have the same number?" The smug face said.

"Yes, I'm still using the same number." Red answered him.

"Okay. Then I guess. Gonna call you soon, oh and it's nice meeting you AJ" He said before walking away from us and getting back to his table.

Maybe Red noticed the dark tension surrounding my face so she decided to open a conversation with me.

"You're right the pizza they serve here is really great!" She said beaming a wonderful smile that instantly changed my dark mood.

"I told yah! You can never go wrong with the food that I recommend." Although I'm smiling widely at her, my mind is off to someone. Thinking how can I get back at him for what he did to me a while ago. I'm not stupid you know. I've encountered different people and I learned how to read someone just by their body language, the way they talked, or even by the way their eyes twitch. I can see right through a person easily without even talking to them. It became a hobby of mine, at first I just believe in first impressions last that's why I always prepared myself in reading other people to prevent myself from disappointments.

Based on my reading, I am pretty sure of one thing, "Robin is a competition".

After the Robin Thing, our dinner went smoothly, we even decided to grab some coffee and desserts in the coffee shop that only 5 minutes walk from the pizza place. The mood has become lighter again and it seems like nothing awkward happened just a while ago.

"I think it's late now I should drive you home." I told Red after checking my watch and seeing that it is almost midnight now. We have not noticed the time since after we grabbed coffee and cakes we decided to walk and ended up in a nearby park. We sat on one of the benches there and decided to talk about some random stuff.

"You know, I don't think saying this on the first date is a good idea, but I will still say it," Red started, "Robin is my...he's my.. uhm..he's my ex-boyfriend." She ended her statement stuttering maybe she's thinking that I will be mad or something, although I already anticipated it.

"He was my boyfriend for 2 years until he decided to fcked things up by cheating on me with my best friend back then". Red continued. I didn't say anything, I was waiting for her to tell everything. I was beyond mad that I just want to see Robin and smash his face on something concrete or hard, how can someone cheat on an amazing person as Red?

"I'm sorry about tonight, I ruined our date." She said.

"Nah! That's fine, don't apologize for something you didn't do, I'm pretty sure you're not aware that your ex is in the same place as ours, and I'm also sure that you are surprised to see him." I answered cooly even though I am fuming inside. I don't want her to see that side of me so I wear my mask and plastered her that most calm face that I always used when I'm talking to yelling customers in the bar. She's still looking disappointed so I smiled at her and said that we can go out on a date again which she agreed immediately.

I decided to go home immediately after I drove Red home. I opened my laptop and logged in to my Facebook and Instagram account to look for someone, I checked my Instagram first because I remembered that Red posted our pictures together tagged me on her post. A lot of people liked and commented on the post so I decided to look into it, hoping that I will see the person that I am looking for. After checking every comment and likes I found the person that I've been looking for.

"Not very subtle in the username huh "@robin_isme". I checked his account surprisingly the smug face is not a very private person coz his account is in public.

"Let's begin the hunt." Talking to myself while checking his account which consists of travel photos, cars, motorbikes, and other stuff that are not interesting at all. However, upon browsing his account I found something that catches my attention.

"Robin the smug face loves hiking."