It was the day that she didn’t
expect, a magic that could be happening to anyone. She was scrolling an online
dating app; not looking for any particular guy though, but was hoping she could
find someone to date with. Yes, she was
single and unmarried with a teaching job that could eat up all her time. She doesn’t have time to find someone in real life because she too focused on her
job and maybe because she’s hesitant to say yes to anyone.
He’s a good-looking guy with a very
catchy bandana covered on his face and riding on a classic and manly motorcycle
that was on his profile picture; the very first time she saw him. He lives in
Brooklyn, but loves to travel anywhere in the world. He’s interested in a lot of
things and very active; from baking to scuba diving. She does stuff like that too
when she’s away from work. She goes clubbing and hangs out with friends just like him too, so maybe that’s the reason she finds him very interesting.
Days passed, they started chatting
and exchanging compliments to each other. It was August 1 when they chatted and
finalized their very first meet-up in real life, that time he was in Gouldsboro,
Pennsylvania as his parents’ home; and, the time too that she participated,
‘The Chardonnay Run in New York-Hudson River Park Pier 26’ together with one of
her best friends. But then, they agreed
and decided to date the next day.
The event was glorious and fun. In
fact, at the end of the finished line, there was a wine and cheese offered. She
and her best friend decided to continue the celebration at the local pub. They
partied a little too hard and she ended up sleeping on a best friend’s couch that night. On the next day, she went home and recuperated from a hangover, and also
hoping a message from him. She didn’t receive any messages from him at all and
she felt a little dismay. She was really hoping, he’ll text back or update her
but she received none. She started complaining to her mom that he’s not texting
her the entire day and maybe he’s not interested anymore. But her mom said, be hopeful child, maybe he
texted you, but the messages didn’t go through successfully.
She was upset but still hopeful that
her mom might be correct so she decided to continue waiting. She took a nap for
a couple of hours to recuperate more, but around 7:04 in the evening, she
received a message from him, quoting ‘I guess today was not good and I hope
you’re okay’. She baffled, but then managed to text him back, ‘Yeah, I was
waiting for you to let me know when you were leaving PA? And I hope you’re okay
too’. He retorted right away, ‘So I guess you didn’t get my text message then
that I was back in BK’. She responded to him, ‘No, I didn’t’.
She’s still annoyed at that time and
thought it’s a ridiculous excuse, it’s like ‘the dog ate my homework’ excused. But
her mom laughed at it and she said, 'I'm exactly right'.
But then the guy proved her wrong,
he sent her a screenshot of the message and it was sent around 2:04 in the afternoon.
She was surprised and puzzled at the same time, about the missing message and
him for being honest. It’s the first time for her to actually experience that kind of
thing though. It was embarrassing and not a good impression for someone.
After a few exchanges of messages,
they finally met-up around eight in the evening. She had no time to wash her
hair but tried to keep it clean though. She pinned her hair half-up and remain
the other half down. She wore a black sleeveless top with rib undershirt and
blue jeans complemented with brown sandals. She chose to look simple to hide
the hangover last night.
They met at Masal Café, a Turkish
coffee shop in BK that she often visited it. It’s her favorite place to chill
up because they allowed the customer to stay in the café for a longer time. She
barely remembered the details of their conversation, but they hang out until
after 10 in the evening. It was purely conversation only and they parted ways
on extremely happy notes.
He texted her on the next day that
he had a very good time with her, she couldn’t stop grinning because she felt
the same way too. And he added, he was glad that he did send another message
despite not receiving any texts from her. At her deepest thought, she didn’t
receive any messages from him earlier that day. If she did, she wouldn’t assume he changed his
mind about her or was just moving along with someone else in the dating world.
They continue chatting and seem
they’re comfortable with each other now. Then they dated again, it was fourth in
August and this time another embarrassing moment. She accidentally left her
wallet in her beach bag. But prior to that, she was at the beach the entire day
and just ran home for a showered and changed; then drove back to their meeting
place to pick him up. Actually, they’re going to Coney Island Beach- an open-air Resto on the boardwalk. It’s a nice place for a sea-site viewing where they
offered a casual grab and signature cocktails.
When she’s about to park her car,
she realized that she left her wallet at home. She felt panic and he felt it too, that something’s wrong. He asked, ‘Are you okay? ‘And, she responded, ‘Oh, I
think I left my wallet at home’. He just responded to her with a teasing smile and
said ‘I guess we need to have a third date so you can pay me back’ and they
both chuckled.
They enjoyed the night and at the
beach. And they managed to get in the Resto despite not having an id because
she left her wallet at home. However, the friendly attendee suggested them to
use the back door and they did it. It was an awesome night with someone so
gentle and funny to be around. From there, they’re heading to L & B Spumoni
Gardens, a Family-oriented Italian Style eatery in Benson Hurst, Brooklyn. They
have this unique square-shape pizza and a lot of interesting pizza flavor.
While in the middle of a good time and chats, an ode middle-aged man with a
quart of milk talking in gibberish and referring them ‘husband and wife’ most
of the time. They couldn’t manage to correct him because he’s talking nonstop
and the only thing they could do were to both smiles . It’s funny though because
they’re just starting dating at that time, she didn’t expect that they’ll last
long and ended her to be his fiancée.
Again, they had another date for the third times. And guess what? It’s the
same venue, the last time she owed him for some drinks. They had a lot of fun
than before and comfortably chatting to anything. Then they went for crabbing
afterward in Sheepshead Bay. Actually, there were cockroaches’ everywhere and
she couldn’t move freely because she wore flip-flops. But then, she manages to
help him secure a crab in the net. He was successful catching the crab, he got
one and they gave it away to the two other crabbers.
And from then on, he CRAB- tured her heart.
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