Tuesday, December 2, 2008

fiction yet reality series part one

Sarah sat outside the starbucks and drooled over the posters stuck on the glass. she wanted a venti frappe topped with whiped cream and drizzled with caramel sauce so badly, but she knew it would do much damage to her hips. she fumbled around her purse and brought out a pack of cigs and a lighter. she conditioned herself that resorting to one vice to replace another was going to work in her favor. she was visibly nervous.
just as she lit a stick, casee emerged from the coffee shop with the drink sarah had been pinning for. "starbucks and smoking, the perfect match" she said as she took the seat next to her cousin sarah. she picked up the pack of smokes and held it for a second or more, then automaticaly dropped it as if to say, 'i changed my mind, i wont do it'. an option and tool thatsarah didnt have ready in her artillary. she practicaly had an almost non existant sense of control. she didnt know how to say no to herself, let alone others.
"so, wheres becky? did you tell her we were in town visiting?" sarah asked, killing her cig in the ashtray and placing one more in her mouth to light. four years of smoking made her chain smoke at certain times, especialy when she got nervous. she was going on a "not so blind" blind date. wich you couldnt even lable as a 'date' but more to the side of being an eyeball. it had been nine whole months since she'd gone out on one that anxiety was getting the best of her. millions of questions were racking her brain all at once. 'Would he like me? would i like him? what if im not his type? MAYBE HE'S SOME PSYCHO KILLER OR PERVERT!' alright, maby the last one wasnt actualy a question, but it was indeed an actual concern.
"maby your taller than him..." casee interupted her flow of fretful thoughts. sarah cracked her a worried smile. she felt better that her cousin was there for support. in fact casee had issues of her own. she was there to see a few old friends and schoolmates and she was curious how her ex was doing. the one big thing that both of these girls had was that they both were in love with two great guys that broke their hearts and moved on from them, so being there for each other was a must.
he was a little late and becky was already there with casee and her. just then sara's phone rang. "its him casee, its mark! should i answer it? he's almost an hour late! id die if he canceled on me" sarah cried out. "just answer the damn thing!"
"sarah? im so sory, it was a bit congested on the way back. im already there, where are you?". just as he said that, she could see someone in a cap and grey shirt holding a cellphone to his ear and looking around. sarahs heart skipped more than one beat, and although she felt like she didnt want to, her hand holding the cellphone raised up and waived. he saw her and smiled, going on his way up. the moment she got up to greet her date/stranger helo, she noticed casee was right! she was a few inches taller than him!
they talked for a couple of hours untill mark had to go. he was visibly tired and said he had an early class the next morning so he left and sarah joined becky and casee in their table.
"howd it go?" casee asked exitedly.
"he looks kind of cute you know. dont blow this one sarah! doesnt he remind you of that guy from truth about charlie?"
"well, he is realy cute, and he obviously works out. that sorta made up for the lack of 2 inches in hight." with that said, the girls started laughing.
"we'll see where this goes. i just want to get to know him. isnt that what the concept of DATING is all about anyway?"

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