This is for Valentine's day writing competition.
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"Hey Echo." I said into the phone.
"What Up?" He replied.
"There is a sick discount at the cafe you like~." I teased. He had to do this for me.
"Really?! I'll meat up with you at 5:30--"
"There is a catch homie." I said slyly. " You need to act like my special someone."
There was a pause. "Y-your special s-someone?" He said shaking. "I don't know--"
"Think of the breadsticks!" I interrupted. He quickly agreed and hung up.
I waited in front of the resteraunt for Echo. This was going to be extremely awkward, but believealble. I was in highschool and he was in his first year of college. He quickly ran up and we both just looked at each other and burst out laughing. Us as a couple?! How ridiculous!
"Okay." He said, sounding like he was about to go to war. " we hold hands, order our meal, and you can rest your head on my shoulder for special effects."
"Yes captian!" I replied giggling.
"And it is the only time I'm allowing you to hold my hand!" He said. I nodded, and we quickly walked into the cafe.
"Hello how can I help you?" The waiter asked as we took our seat.
"We'd like a fillet fish sandwich for two and breadsticks with the couple discount." I responded, my head leaning on his shoulder. This. Was. Awkward.
The waiter scanned us like he was looking for flaws, shrugged and walked off. Phew! I thought. It wasn't so hard. I sipped my ice tea and me and Echo just sat there uncomfortably, so I decided to bring up some small talk.
"What... Would you want in a special someone?" I said to Echo. He stirred his ice with his straw. "Aw I don't know. Someone who will let me stay up until 2:00 and eat whatever I want. But in all seriousness, I just want someone who is kind and compassionate. Someone who I can trust without fail."
I listened and I could feel my face heat up. Was i blushing?! This was supposed to be fake, not real! Covered my face with the sleeves of my sweater. "Oh god oh god oh god oh god." I repeated over and over in my head. I looked at him. He had a bashful smile with bright green eyes and bleached hair with a deep fringe. My heart skipped a beat, and I could feel my face getting warmer.
"Cmon Jade." He whispered. "This is why I accepted your request."
I froze. "Wait, what?" I replied in utter shock. He smiled sweetly. " Yeah. What better way then at a cafe we both enjoy?"
I couldn't comprehend what was going on. I stayed silent, hiding behind my sweater sleeves. I finally pushed out the words, "you like me?" From my mouth, and all he did was slightly nod. Our food was getting cold, the waiter must've put the food down sometime, but I really didn't care at this point. I smiled as he pushed my arms away from my face. " yaknow, I love your eyes. They are such a beautiful blue, and your dark black hair just adds--"
"Shutup." I responded. "Now you are just flirting."
"Am I?" He said. We ate our food and left the resteraunt after that. Now I know why they created a discount for couples. They make the couples.
