Escape.

Everything Was Fine.

I'd like to say it was a day like any other but it really wasn't, there were more thunderstorms than usual, which isn't a lot now that I think about it. And that was actually very annoying for me as I had to walk home without any protection or cover from the rain. The only thing I looked forward to about walking home was that I got to walk home with Josh, we're not in a relationship or anything like that but we've known each other for a while and I had kind of developed a thing for him, so walking home together was even more special and exciting for me now than it was before when we like 10. It hit around 16:15 and final period had just about ended, I quickly got up and rushed out the door and headed for the front gate. After waiting for about 3-4 minutes I was greeted with a "Boo!" and a grab from behind, needless to say I almost fell to the floor and screamed, I turned and looked at the reason for my near death experience and saw Josh with tears forming in his eyes as he laughed uncontrollably and was at a loss for breath. He finally got a hold of himself and before he could either say hello or apologise I gave him a quick punch on the shoulder to show him I was not amused with his little act, he quickly dropped his smile and just replied to my actions with an "Oww..."

"That wasn't funny you know, just a dick move to be completely honest with you." I scowled. "Alright I'm sorry for attacking you, I saw a window of opportunity and I wasn't about to close it, just saying, you didn't have to punch me either that really hurt you know." He pouted and acted as if he was the victim at this point. I couldn't help but grin at that, after the little incident we both started walking home together and instantly started chatting up a storm between the both of us.

We had been walking for about 6 minutes now and the storm had started to clear up, still a little bit cold but at least it wasn't raining anymore. I noticed Josh had gone a little quiet and I couldn't help but question this out of character experience as he's normally very hyper and talkative.

"Hey, are you okay?" I asked in a confused tone and slightly tilting my head to the side trying to see his face. 

"Oh, yeah I'm totally fine, I was just gonna say something actually." He hadn't turned around, his eyes still glued to the pavement the two of us were walking on. Before I could ask what he was gonna say he sighed and turned around to face me. "Hey Sophie, random question but are you doing anything in particular tonight?" he asked.

"Uh... No I don't think I am, why do you ask?" I wondered why he had brought this up. He finally looked up and his eyes met with mine, "I just wanted to know if you wanted to hang out tonight? There's this new milkshake place that opened like two days ago, they do more than just milkshakes though, it's kind of like a restaurant but yeah they're mostly known for their milkshakes, anyway, do you wanna go with me?" He was still looking at me and it seemed like his eyes were glistening, I guess I was stood there for a while as I was snapped out of my daze by Josh's hand waving up and down in front of my face. 

"Sophie are you there?" Josh had called out whilst still waving his hand around. 

"Oh yeah, I just blanked out, and also yeah I like the sound of milkshakes tonight" I smiled.

"Cool, it's a date then!" he exclaimed. I was taken aback just a little bit by the word 'date' but I just stood there and smiled like an actual idiot, and with that exchange, we both carried on walking home and soon parted ways.

At around 17:34 I got a text from Josh that simply read: "How about we both meet up at the milkshake place and surprise each other? I though that would be more fun than picking each other up, also be there at about 19:00." 

I simply smiled and texted back: "Sounds like a plan, see you then." I put my phone down and proceeded to get dressed, I didn't want anything too bold but I also wanted something to make him notice me.

In the end I went with a white skirt, a black (kind of silky) blouse and some white trainers. I took a final glance in the mirror before getting ready to head out.

Next step was meeting him at the restaurant.