Explaining the Unexplainable

Two hawks one pebble.

Aw what the hell. "It's a date."
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David pulls up in a red 2016 Infiniti around my cul-de-sac and then stops his front right tire at the top of my right foot. As soon as I open the door my stomach does a slight knot when I see his face. He looks like his pictures. I'm just tryna figure out why his eyes got big when I opened the door. Whatever. Maybe his nerves are just as bad as mine. I get in sliding my rump, in my green stretch cotton pencil skirt, on his leather seats. Oop! With seat warmers!

"Que pasa Bonita," he says as he pulls off after I close my door gently.

"Hey! Hola" hola means hey idiot. Why am I so nervous and why are my hands so sweaty.

Fifteen minutes of laughs and sarcasm suffuse the car. Even tho he's not all that attractive to me he's really cool. I like a man that can make me laugh and be an asshole at the same time. It's kind of fascinating.

"So what kind of bar do you like? Classy, crowded, loud, a lounge type?" I thought he said he was taking me to a reggae bar? Maybe he was just saying it was a date in general.

I shrug my shoulders. "Umm..it doesn't really matter to me. I can adapt to any environment. Whether it's classy, ratchet... anything." David whispers 'gueto' under his breath before chortling. Who is he calling ghetto? I bet he thinks I don't know Spanish. I know a little and today a little is enough. "What's funny?"

"Oh nothing mi senora." He turns and looks at me again with his eyes big as hell before talking again. "So I know a nice place downtown we can go to"

"Okay cool." Moments after giving him the okay we get of the interstate and turn left at the light.

"Great! The gate is open!" David slowly pulls in a parking garage going up three levels before parking. We get out the car and start walking as he puts the alarm on his car.

"So do you smoke?"

"Yeah a little."

"Great! I got some shit for us to smoke before we get some drinks."

"Wait what? I thought we were downtown."

"We are! But we are at my place.." David points to the sign where it has the condominium numbers ordered to find.

What the hell..what does he mean we are at his place? My stomach starts knotting up again. "Umm..I'm confused..are you tryna be slick or something?"

"No," he chuckles. "Just had to come home and get my ID anyway. I left my wallet on the kitchen counter. Just seeing if you smoke so if you did we can do that before leaving."

Even though I still have a knot in my stomach, I try and calm my heart rate after thinking crazy thoughts that are hypothetical. "I guess."

We walk in his apartment and damn! I must say the man has gotta have coins! It's amazing in here. Paintings everywhere and beautiful rose gold accessories around his white couch. I look around in awe as the door closes behind me.

David turns around immediately with those same big eyes, and before I could inhale he grabs my face to force a kiss. I dodge all three before he gets frustrated. "What are you doing?! I told you on the phone I'm not the type." David smirks while looking down at me. Seconds later, he grabs my waist to pull me close and kiss me again. At this point my heart is racing. I push him off me as hard as I can. "WHAT THE FUCK! I said CHILL!" David smirks again.

"Ha, ha.." he puts both arms up as a surrender and walks to the kitchen. "Excuse the mess. My roommate just got back today I see."

I nod.

"Do you want some wine?"

Some wine?! I thought we were going to the bar!!! "Why would I drink if we are going to the bar?"

He walks to his wine refrigerator and pulls out a brand new bottle of red wine. "I wanted you to try this with me."

I nod again. He stands in the kitchen awkwardly before putting his hand in his pocket. I stare at him while he pretends to look for something in his pocket.

Five minutes have gone by and I haven't taken my eyes off him. I think he's trying to spike my drink. I could be wrong but this man is still in that same pocket and hasn't opened the wine yet. After time goes by, he finally realizes that I'm not going to look away, and takes his hand out his pocket to open the wine cork with his corkscrew on the counter.

He pours me a glass before talking again. "You wanna sit down?"

"Umm.." I turn to look at the white couch. When I turn my head back around David's face is literally in mine. Feeling the breath from his nostrils on my top lip, I start to panic mentally. "Woah." I say moving my head back. David grabs my shirt pulling me back towards him. I can feel a tear coming. What the hell have I gotten myself into.

A door from around the corner opens and television waves from the room flood to the kitchen. David let's go of me, and fixes himself to be presentable. "I would like you to meet my roommate." I turn around swallowing my spit trying to regroup from what happened.

His eyes get big before shaking my hand firmly. "Wassup! Tye..and your name?"