Chapter 7
Omigosh!!!I can’t BELIEVE I just said that!!!!
He looked at her nervously. She had pushed her sunglass’s up into her hair, and looked at him expectantly.
"You want me.......?" she said waiting for him to finish his sentence.
He let out his breath. Whoa! She thinks I’m asking her a question. Lucky save Carter! He thought.
"Uh....Big Mac. Super Fries, Large coke. What do you want?"
She repeated his order to the intercom and added a small rootbeer to the order. Digging in her pocket she fished out a dollar.
"Put your $ away!" she smiled and slipped $ into his hand anywise. He grabbed for the money, but kinda grabbed her hand in the process. Gasping she jerked her hand back, and looked down at her shoes.
Am I that gross? Nick thought. Looking at her out of the corner of his eye, he could see her closing her eyes and thinking. Something really bad happened to this chick he realized.
After getting the food she pulled into a shady spot so he could eat. Turning up the radio, she leaned her head against the headrest and squeezed her eyes shut again.
The DJ began to talk. "Hey! I know him! Thats Mack daddy!" Nick said as he stuffed fries into his mouth.
She looked at him. "How do you know him?"
He gulped. "I met him a few times because my bestfriend is a singer."
She nodded.
"AND HERE IT IS GIRLS> THE NEW SINGLE FROM THE BACKSTREET BOYS!!!! HERE’S SHOW ME THE MEANING, ON KISI 109."
Nick began to choke.
She looked at him, alarmed. "Nick? You Okay?"
He nodded and took a sip of coke. The song began.
"Oh great...." she groaned.
He looked at her. "What? You.....don’t like the song?"
She shook her head. "No, its beautiful, its just depressing. Show me the meaning of being lonely.....the story of my life"
Then she grinned at him sheepishly. "Sorry. I didn’t mean to complain."
He grinned back "No problem. So does your boyfriend know your out to lunch with another guy?"
She started to laugh. "Is that supposed to be a very UN tactful way of asking me if I have a boyfriend?"
Nick shrugged.
She sighed. "well....I don’t."
Nick smiled. "SO what should we do tonight.?"
Her turn to choke. After whapping her on the back, she said, "what are you talking about?"
Nick laughed. "We have a date tonight...remember?"
She looked hesitant but then sighed. "I haven’t been out on a date for awhile."
Nick nodded and patted her leg pretending to not notice when she flinched. "I haven’t either. How about we meet at the beach around 9:00?"
She smiled. "Which beach? I live in Sarasota and I take it you live in Tampa."
Nick nodded. "How about in Punta Gorda?"
She smiled. " I love Punta Gorda! Have you ever been to the market...."
"-..where
all the stray cats are? Yeah! I love it there!" Nick
said, finishing off her sentence. She smiled at him again. This
is gonna be one hell of a night, he said, smiling back at her.