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“Why…”, “do you think she is going to do something crazy? you hear a voice saying from the opposite end of the table.

“Not sure’, was your quickly reply, because you weren’t prepared for this line of questions.

“You should call her, I don’t mind at all”, as he spoke with an equal worry and tension in his voice.

Oh shoots you thought, you might have blown your chance altogether of making your escape.

On second thoughts, you conjure up another plan of action… call and pretend to talk to her and tell him that she desperately needs you to be with her and that you needed to leave. Very simple you thought, so you say “Sure, will be back in a moment”.

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As you get up, you can’t help feeling a bit nauseous by the whole thing and you ask yourself ‘what has come over you’.

Usually you are so articulated and witty and you can have anyone around your little thumb. “What’s going on”, you thought.

As you leave the table, your date smiles with you notice a twinkle in his blue eyes and again, you feel a bit light-headed.

You step into the restroom and go straight into one of the booths and just sit there for a whole few minutes trying hard not to think.

When you come back to the restaurant you are feeling somewhat happier, you sit down and look at him and say “She is totally fine, she has her mom with her”.

The morale of the story is that you should never have too many expectations of someone you meet the first time, give yourself a chance to grow a little.

— End —

<<< A dating tale - Joe meets Karen on the first date Part 20

Joe shifted himself while he settled into the plate that was brought to him from the kitchen. It smelt really good and this can only mean that it would also taste good.

Karen looked at Joe while she inspected her plate of the chicken rossini which looked more like a work of art, rather than something you would eat.

Nevertheless the smell and piping smoke made the dish very appetizing and irresistible and she just realized how hungry she was.

Joe is often the speed eater and he never fathomed why some people just don’t eat first and then do all the talking afterward.

But he realized that with Karen, the part of the fun was going to be to enjoy the dinner while talking to her.

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In any case, he can show off his dinner table manners by eating slowly with his mouth closed, he thought.

Joe instinctively began to put small morsels of food in his mouth and then would lay down his cutlery and then look up at Karen, this he did almost repetitively.

“So”, Joe started saying, brimming with a sense of renewed confidence as he rested his arms on the edge of the table.

“What kind of things do you like to do… do you like to listen to music…”.

Karen looked up and smiled, “yes, I do, but don’t get the chance to listen to that much music”.

Joe mused for a while and understood what she meant.

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“Yes, I know what you mean, you get a sudden burst of energy to listen to music but you just cant seem to keep it going like others can.

They can have music plugged into their ears all day long and have music while they work. I can’t seem to do that”.

“Yes, exactly”, said Karen with some enthusiasm and a nod.

“It has its place when you want to, just like TV”.

“Do you like watching movies, what kind of movies do you like”, Joe continued just to keep the conversation going.

“My favorite movie of all time, which I saw the other day, The Sound of Music with Julie Andrews”.

“For some reason, I could watch that movie a thousand times and never get bored”.

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