Page 70 of Perfect Date
“Oh, you heard right.Don’t you remember? You promised.”
“I promised?”
“Yes. You said if I heard Justin out, I could set you up on a date.”
“No,” she says harshly.
“No?”
“No. What I said,” she walks to me and I stand as well, “was that I’dthinkabout letting you set me up.”
“Hm, well that’s too bad, ‘cause that’s not what I heard. And anyway, after careful consideration and much discussion, we agreed that we have the perfect person for you.”
“You bitch!” she gasps, “You sneaky, sneaky bitch! You set me up!”
With that, she lunges at me and I jet away from her, laughing hysterically while she screams at me, hopping onto a rock out in the water.
“Oh look, there he is now,” I point in the direction of Kimberly’s date who caught my eye walking toward us.
“Hey, Jordan!” I call.
He smiles and waves, “Hey guys.”
After Justin and I called and apologized profusely and explained to Jordan what happened the night of our date, I told him that I had the perfect person he should meet. I was overjoyed when he agreed to be set up.
Turning from Jordan, I look back at Justin and smile widely.He laughs, seeing the excitement in my eyes.
I jump from the rock I was safely perched on to escape Kimberly, aiming for the bank, and then it happens.
I slip and fall into the cool water making a splash.
Nothing hurts, other than my butt and pride, but Kimberly laughs hysterically, “That’s what you get!” she yells over to me.
Justin is there immediately, “I’ve got you sweetheart,” he says using the term of endearment I adore. “God babe, you really do have the worst luck, don’t you?”
I look up at him. The sun at his back makes his hair shine while a light breeze makes it adorably messy, and his sunglasses sit atop his head. He bends over and grabs me by my midsection while I place my hands around his neck and rescues my soggy body from the moving current. The smile on his face and the look of love in his eyes has me shaking my head. “No, I don’t.”
His eyes search mine as he helps me stand, pulls me close and I know he understands exactly what I’m saying. When he pulls me closer still, pure joy bursts through me, and as he puts his lips on mine, I feel like the luckiest girl alive.
