"You just contradicted yourself in one statement." She spoke, Still leaning back in her chair. She pushed it back a bit so she could lean back even more, before looking back at him.
"Luc, why are you staring so much?" She raised a brow as she looked back at him looking at her.
She sighed, ready to pull out how he didn't need to keep apologizing and how she would rather forget about it but then she realized he wasn't finished speaking. Her eyes widened as she looked at him,
"Are you being serious right now?"
Luca stiffed and gulped. He took a deep breath before slowly nodding. "I just…the other day, when I dropped you off. That was the first time I ever saw your house…I didn't find it weird or anything. I mean, in a way, I was happy that I got to see it. I want to get closer to you…" Luca scratched his neck. "This is so awkward. I usually don't have a hard time asking people out or talking to people in general, but the moment I see you, I get tongue-tied." The lady came back with their slices, and Luca smiled at the waitresses as thanks before starting to eat. He needed a distraction, so he wouldn't say anything he would regret.
She was a bit speechless herself.
She didn't think was ever gonna actually happen with anyone, especially not the guy who hooks up with a different girl every other week that just happened to be her closest friend.
She was thankful when the slices arrived, she just wanted to run away from this whole topic. Nothing good would come of this.
Anything between them should stay friends and if they can't, then they should part ways.
She hated to say that she wanted to try..but she couldn't.
No one could love her.
Not after what she'd done.
No one would take a look at her secrets and say that it was Okay or that they still loved her.
She ate her food and waited a bit till after.
She sighed, running a hand through her hair.
"Do you honestly think that this could work out luca?" She spoke.
Luca froze; that's when he knew he fucked up. He gulped the food that was in his mouth down. "Well, I, uh, I just thought that yeah. I think we could work out and, if not, we could go back to being friends after the date. I just thought you were stunning. I never say sappy shit like that because I'm not a sappy person. Even last night, when you got in the car, I said you looked beautiful. My point is just one date, maybe?" Luca chewed on his bottom lip. Fuck, I am so screwed. She does not look happy right now…
She searched his face, she looked into his eyes searching for something though she had no clue what.
She was hoping that by some miracle he had been joking but..he wasn't. He was entirely serious.
Luca would probably notice her start acting more nervous, and she seemed a bit..panicked.
How could she not?
She couldn't do this.
She couldn't.
She couldn't.
It was too soon.
She opened her mouth to say something, but still words seem to escape her.
She moved to get up from the seat.
"Luca i..i can't. I just can't, okay? This isn't going to work out between us. Im- I'm not ready for any of this." She spoke, stumbling on the chair as she backed up.
She shoved her phone in her pocket and looked for the exit in a panic.
He's never been shot down so hard in his life. Usually, people loved him, and anyone would be happy to even be asked out by him, but he felt this ego drop to zero. Luca stood up as well, but slower, so it didn't seem like he was trying to prevent her from leaving. "How about we just take a minute to breathe. I didn't ask you to jump off a bridge for me, so please, can we just think this through for a second. How bad can the one date be? I'm not that bad, am I?" Luca would've touched his hand just to calm her down =, but he felt like she didn't need his touch at the moment. The other people in the pizza place started looking at him like he had just harassed her.
She felt as if her ears had started ringing when he spoke again, and she jumped as when she thought she heard a gunshot, her head darting around the store looking for where it could have come from.
She realized her breathing had sped up and she had to force herself to breath in shakily and exhale shakily until she was at a steady pace.
She covered her face as she stood there, she hated feeling weak and she hated that Luca saw her like that.
She just wanted to cry again at that moment.
She looked at luca, a very sad expression on her face.
"I'm sorry luca…I'm sure your an amazing boyfriend, but I can't go on a date with you. I..I have to go. I can walk home from here."
She held her arm as she noticed all the people staring at them.
just ignore them. Its fine.
Luca opened his mouth to say something but didn't know what to say. "Okay…" He put the money on the tab;e and walked toward his car. "I didn't know my proposal was that bad. I just thought…" Once he got in, he leaned back into the seat, frustrated and confused. "If I'm such a good boyfriend, why not go on a date with me. I mean, is there someone else. I don't…" He plopped his head on the steering wheel, which made the car honk. He shot up, surprised, before driving off.
Meanwhile, David had been watching the whole situation because he happened to work there. He waved to his supervisor that he was going to take a break. "Hey…Rachel? You probably don't remember me, but I talked to you last night, and you had a couple of drinks with me…Maybe we should get out of here. You seem to be uncomfortable." David took her shoulder lightly and pulled her out of the restaurant and to the side of the building. "Um, so you don't have to tell me anything you don't want me to know. I just want to know that you're okay."
Rachel just let him leave to his car and she held her self, trying to calm down. She looked up and saw David, before just letting him user her outside of the restaurant.
She took a deep breath and exhaled, rubbing her face.
She looked at David, seeing the concern in his eyes.
"Im..I'm fine..just shaken up is all.." She looked away, running a hand through her hair and trying to make herself calm down.
"So…how much of that did you see?" She frowned as she asked.
David pursed his lips together. "If it makes you feel better, I saw none of it, and I honestly have no clue what you're talking about. See what?" He shrugged and then sighed. "I saw all of it, but it wasn't that bad. If it helps, I don't think anyone else saw it…." He sucked in a breath. "Yeah, no, everyone saw it. I'm not making things better. Listen…" David pulled a loose strand of hair behind Rachel's ear. "I just want to know about you and how you're feeling. It does matter what those people think. They don't even know you."
She just frowned immensely as she listened to him speak, she was a bit confused when he moved the strand of her hair but she didn't really react much too it.
"I just..I didn't think the moment we just started being friends again he would jump the gun and ask me out like that…." She let out a sigh, leaning against the wall behind them and covering her face with her hand.
"I'm, I'm not ready for something like that, and I told him. Yet he just kept pushing it and it almost felt suffocating..I guess I kinda freaked out a bit..' She muttered, running a hand through her hair as she felt like jumping in a deep hole and never coming out.
David leaned against the wall listening to her side. "I know what you mean. All of that suddenly pushed onto you. Wait, did you say make-up? What happened between you two. Of course, if you feel like sharing. You seemed like pretty good friends when he dragged you away last night. You were a little surprised and curious as to where he was taking you, but from what I saw, it looked like you knew each other." David chewed on his bottom lip. "We were having such a good conversation last night too. It was great…" David felt like it was best not to mention the kiss if she didn't remember. Now was not the time.
She sighed, putting a hand on the back of her neck.
"I don't remember a lot of last night, but yeah he's supposed to be the closest friend I have but last night…" She sighed rubbing her face.
"Niether of us remember, but from the way we woke up and other evidence, we figured we did…" She didn't finished the sentence. She felt pathetic having to explain this.
She felt pathetic in general.
"You get the picture. I avoided him for a while and then he approached me and I figured we could make up as friends because he wouldn't stop apologizing and I didn't want to loose him as a friend when I considered it…but he said that he couldn't stop thinking about me being attractive and wanted to go on a date with me." She sighed.
"I don't know what to do at this point.'
He frowned slightly but didn't let it show for very long. Of course, she wouldn't remember…she was drunk…why does it always happen to me… "Oh…no, I understand. You don't have to go into detail." He thought for a moment. What could he say to make her feel better or at least to make her not feel like shit? "I think you both need to just could down, you know, take a couple of days off. Just let it sit and rest, and maybe he'll lose feelings. Maybe it was just a thing he had for your looks. Of course, I can't speak for him. So just give it time. I don't know what else to say besides that. Is it okay if I walk you back to your place? I wouldn't want you to walk home alone. As much as I think you can handle yourself, considering your retorts last night, I still want to make sure you get home safe. Is that alright with you?"
"You think so..?" She sighed, putting a hand on her neck once again. She had found out it was a bit of a nervous habit of hers, along with rubbing her race.
She sighed, moving to look at him in the face, she didn't see any reason for him to want to deceive her.
Maybe she was just letting her guard down, but she seemed to have a little bit of trust for him since they met before and the interaction didn't go that badly.
"Alright..lets go then."
She moved to get up from leaning against the wall.
Though she was worried a bit about him seeing her house when it took her so long just to show Luca.
Who knows, maybe opening up wasn't such a bad thing.
That sounded so weird in her own mind.
Was she going crazy?
She hoped not.
She wouldn't exactly be surprised though.
(Yes, David has a lot of things not in his favor…)
"Yeah…" He trailed off and followed Rachel toward her house. He walked to her in silence for a while before figuring out what to talk about. "So, do you want to know what happened last night? You seem pretty torn up about it. I was just wondering if there's anything you want to know. I could probably answer anything before the time when Luca pulled you away…" David shoved his hands in his pocket while watching the patterns of the sidewalk's concrete. Overall, he was nervous about how much he would have to explain to her. He doubted another guy would want to come onto her after what happened with Luca. Screw you, Luca…ruining my chances! He cursed under his breath and then looked at Rachel to see if she heard it. It didn't look like she did, so he looked away.
"Honestly? I remember a majority of what went down, I just don't remember what happened before I went up to the room with the Luca, and then I vaguely I remember what happened when I was in the room with Luca."
She sighed, feeling very deflated and defeated at that moment but she tried not to let it show.
Safe to say she wasn't touching a drink ever again.
She Ran a hand through her hair before shoving them into her pockets.
"So, are you a dog person?"
(fr tho)
He nodded as he listened quietly to what she had to say. He was startled by the question and paused for a moment. "I-I mean, yeah, who isn't?" He raised an eyebrow, curious as to what she was getting at. "Wait!" He stopped. "Do you have a dog?!" His face lit up like a little kid. He had always wanted a dog, but since he lives in an apartment, he could never get one. He didn't have the money to move into a big house like everyone else on campus. David was very excited if Rachel had one. Then he realized she probably was only asking a question to find out his preferences. He then started walking again and cleared his throat. "Well, uh, yeah, I like dogs, in short."
He watched David's face light up when he heard her question about liking dogs, and almost kinda found it well…can she say cute? It was just nice that someone was super enthusiastic about dogs…right. totally that was it.
She just snickered a little bit as she watched him, before watching him calm himself down.
"Well that's good, because I have a dog. His name is Colt. He's a boxer."
She spoke as they got closer to where her house was.
When they got there she walked over to the door and opened it, and sure enough a brown boxer came running out to greet them.
"Hey boy." She moved to pet him.
(He's a cutie, isn't he? Now, I feel bad for David cause like he isn't her love interest….fvheujfghaeuil)
David gasped internally and leaned down to pet the dog. He hesitated before touching his head. He grinned and started to scratch behind his ears. "Your dog is cute! Hi Colt! Look at you wagging your tail, hello!" He spoke in a baby voice. He moved his hand under his chin. He was very affectionate towards animals, but dogs were his favorite. He leaned back up and looked at Rachel. "Well, I guess this is where our talk ends…" He leaned down, giving Colt one last scratch under the chin. "Will I get to see you around? I'm not sure if we go to the same college, so maybe we could hang out genuinely and not because some guy ruined your day." He joked.
Little did David and Rachel know Luca was planning on talking to Rachel when he got home. So Luca parked his car down the street. He was ready to get out when he saw Rachel with another guy. He was confused about who this guy was. He wasn't jealous of Rachel having a new guy friend; she barely had any friends. He was happy for her, but she never mentioned someone like him. He pulled closer to the house, hoping Rachel didn't notice, just to get a better look at the guy.
(PFFT LUCA- yeah I feel bad for david)
Luca would notice she was actually…smirking down at David as he pet colt? And she let him pet colt?
Luca hadn't even seen her house until recently..
Colt was leaning into the scratches as they were given to him and licked his hand.
"Huh, Colt seems to like you."
She didn't have the smirk on for long, she tilted her head a little bit. She looked at the time on her phone before putting it away.
She watched him as he talked, hand on her hip.
"Oh, I don't usually hand out with people." She put a hand on her neck, looking away. maybe…it might be nice.
"Hm, maybe.. what's your number?"
(Luca is just protective like that XD)
