That’s all I got is: wow. She’s wearing what I think is a pea coat and she’s looking at me. I ask, “Veronica?” She nods and we walk to meet each other.
Handshake or hug? Handshake or hug?
Damn, it, involuntary erection and I’m wearing slacks. Really, you’re going to be chillin’ this whole time and decide to pop up now and see what’s going on?
Handshake.
I cover myself up with my jacket so it’s not so noticeable and extend my hand as I approach her. We meet, she takes my hand in hers and her hands are freezing, but I don’t mind.
“Hi, Veronica, I’m Garret, nice to finally meet you in person”
“Same here. You don’t look like I imagined.”
I’m not sure how to take that, so I ask, “What do you mean?”
“I don’t know, I expected—“
“A white guy?” I finish her thought.
“Well, yeah.”
“No worries, I guess naming me Garret was my parent’s way of assimilating. At least they didn’t name me Goofus or Gallant.”
“Highlights!”, she exclaims.
Nice, I like this woman already. She’s hot and got my Highlights reference.
“Yes, I like you 10% more already”, I joke.
“What?”
“Nothing, bad joke”, I pop another mint.
Now we’re sitting through the inevitable awkward silence, but it’s okay because it gives me a chance to take her in visually. Is that sexist? No, I have to be physically attracted to her first, right? The first thing I noticed were her eyes, she has the most beautiful set of hazel eyes that just invite you in for a warm cup of hot chocolate. What am I saying, hot chocolate? Anyway, she has the most luscious lips I have seen in a long time. She’s a brunette with shoulder length hair and my favorite part of her face is that it’s not hidden under a bunch of makeup. That’s a huge pet peeve of mine…a face full of makeup. I can’t really see her body because of that pea coat, but it looks promising. The other thing this awkward silence does is give me a chance to think of unsexy thoughts and remedy this erection situation. Wait, she just looked down at my crotch. Did she notice? If she did, she’s not giving it up. Whatever, say something to break this silence.
“Nice weather, huh?” Stupid question.
“Yeah, not bad”, she smiled. I know she can sense my nerves.
“We’re a little early, but I think they’ll seat us. Shall we?”
We walk towards the restaurant doors and I open the door for her.
“And they say chivalry is dead” she says.
“Who does?”
“They”, she smiles and looks back at me.
I follow her into the restaurant and walk up to the hostess. She couldn’t be older than 19 and a little too uppity for me.
“Hi, do you have a reservation?”, she asked with a cheesy smile.
“I do, under Reyes.”
“That means ‘kings’”, she stated proudly.
I gave a half assed smile.
“Here you are, we can seat you right now if you’d like.”
“Yes, please.”
I look behind me to find Veronica, but she’s already a step ahead and following the hostess. We get seated at this awesome booth with great privacy and not so much restaurant traffic. I wait for Veronica to sit, but she takes her coat off first and I think I had to roll my tongue back into my mouth because her body is bangin’! I’m talking thick in the right places and she is working that dress. She hands her coat to the hostess to be checked and takes a seat. Let’s just say it’s a good thing I got to sit down because these slacks are not working with me right now. I also hand my jacket to the hostess, but only after I sit down.
We get our menus and I act like I’m really studying this thing all while sneaking looks over the menu at Veronica. I already know what I want, so a menu wasn’t really necessary.
“Hi, how are we doing tonight? Garret?”
I look up at our waitress and no way, this can’t be happening.
Ha ha ha... I am diggin' these "left in suspense" endings... it's like you guys watch Days of Our Lives!
;) More, more, more!!
ok so now I feel stupid I thought you were talking about yourself dating lol.