Ned: I have good intentions
Ned: And I’ll prove it to you
Me: Ned, what are you talking about?
Ned: What I mean is
Ned: I want to take you somewhere tonight
Ned: Don’t get me wrong
Ned: I’m not trying to be your rebound or something
Ned: I know you’re struggling with your emotions right now
Ned: But it’s better if we got to know each other, other than through a project
Ned: Celia?
Ned: You there?
Five minutes went by and haven’t texted him back. I didn’t know what to feel then, and I was really confused about getting closer to another guy. It seemed like a lot of work. I didn’t want to go back to square one. There were a lot of risks after a heartbreak, which is another possible heartbreak, and I didn’t think I had the inner strength to deal with another pain. I should just reject him, that’s what I thought. But my heart told me to take the risk, and because You Only Live Once bullshit. I opened a chat in the Cheetahs group.
Me: GIRLS
Me: AHHH
Max: SHIT!
Max: WHAT’S WRONG?
Jane: What? :O
Me: NED JUST ASKED ME OUT
Me: OMG
Max: OKAY THE FIRST RULE IS
Max: TO CALM THE FUCK DOWN!
Me: HOW?
Me: HOW!!
Max: BY REMOVING THE CAPS
Me: Sorry…
Jane: Rotfl
Jane: Just go out with him
Me: As simple as THAT?
Jane: Pretty much
Max: Girl, say YES to Ned
Me: I can’t
Me: I can’t!
Max: Okay, calm down, and listen to me!
Max: I mean, read my texts, okay?
Me: Okay
Max: Read carefully
Max: Kent doesn’t want you in his life
Max: Remember what we talked about last time?
Max: That you’re a broccoli to him?
Jane: Eww
Me: This is weird
Max: You ARE a broccoli to him
Max: Say it!
Me: I am a broccoli…
Max: Write it with pride!
Me: I am a broccoli!
Max: Now say it out LOUD
Me: Okay, that’s enough
Max: But you get the point, right?
Me: Yeah, I’m stinky as a broccoli
Me: Thanks for letting me know
Max: No problem
Jane: LMAO
Jane: Take a chance with him
Me: Fine
Me: What should I wear though
Max: You’re shiniest dress
Max sent a red dress sticker
Jane: I like the purple one that you used to wear
Me: I think I have just the dress for it
Me: Okay, I need to chat with Ned now, and let him know that I agreed
Me: I’ll let you girls know what happened with us, okay?
Max: Sure, have fun
Jane: Tata!
I opened Ned’s chat, and sent my reply.
Me: Yes
Ned: YES?
Ned: I hav jus tha palce t’go for
Ned: Correction: I have just the place to go for
Ned: Be at your house in 10min
Me: Cool :)
(Ned types…..) and it went on for a few minutes, like he was trying to tell me something, then changed his mind a few times. Then he went offline.
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I was waiting outside, with my simple makeup, and a short purple mermaid dress. The Honda was parked outside, and Ned was standing beside the open car door, with a goofy grin on his face. I smiled, and went to the passenger side to open the door, but Ned sprinted swiftly to the other side, and opened the door for me. “Beautiful ladies first,” He said as he held the door for me.
I got in and buckled up. Ned got in and we drove off. I had no idea where he was taking me, but it felt good to do something new, with a new guy. The ride wasn’t long before we reached an old building. He parked the car and we both got out. The building was newly painted, but the structure was like an old mansion. There were gardens in every corner, and a pathway to the front door.
“This is the Alderman Library,” Ned said as we walked side by side to the front door.
I knew that library existed, but I was never interested to go there. I couldn’t believe that I over dressed for a library visit. People walked on the grass and turned heads at me. We walked in the entrance with other people passing by us, and Ned showed me where the books were. When we reached the bookshelves, I looked around where people sat at table and desks reading books.
“Come on, let me show you my favourite books,” Ned said, and went to the first shelf.
He browsed around with his fingers over the books’ covers, and pulled one old book with a couple on the cover. It was, “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare. I knew of Shakespeare, but never read any of his plays.
Ned opened the book, to a page, “This is one of my favorite classics,” He said, “This is the best tragic, love story between two souls.”
He read the page and became immersed in his own thoughts for a moment, then turned to me, and said, “Did my heart love till now?”
My heart skipped for second. Maybe even less, just a click. And I felt myself blushing. He kneeled down and looked into my eyes, engrossed in his feelings, “forswear it, sight, for I ne'er saw true beauty till this night.”
I looked around to see that people were watching us, and some of them were shushing him. I giggled, “Get up,” I said.
“Okay,” he had a cute side smile, and put the book back on the shelf.
“I don’t know what’s worse, my disco ball dress, or that you read Shakespeare’s book out loud,” I confessed, and laughed.
He huffed a laugh, “Yeah, sorry about that,” and scratched the back of his head.
I looked down at my dress, “Do you think I’m stealing the spot light tonight with this dress?”
“You don’t have
