Unexpected

My breathing was getting heavy, I was panting, sweats coming down from my forehead to my cheeks; my vision was getting poor, everything's a blur. I was moving fast – too fast, no s**t. "Ugh..." Ugh.. Ugh..." "Aaaahhh...." I shouted at the top of my lungs out of frustration, I can't hold it in any longer; I bolted my voice out and I stopped running. I was having my morning jog, and it's like a tradition to me, every time I run, I would always think and reflect about the things that I have done in the past few days and apparently what I did in the past 24 hours I regret doing it for the rest of my life. [ 24 hours ago ] "Stop fidgeting" says Autumn; she's my best friend, we grew up together back in our home town Waterloo, Ohio. "You look gorgeous! Oh my gosh Cassey!" and slaps comes after compliments. "Aw! That hurts!" I growled at her. "Stop being a sissy and just look" She turns me around in front of the mirror and she's right, I don't look that half bad with Autumn by my side. People think that me and her are sisters even though she's prettier than me. I stared at the mirror observing us. Autumn's an inch taller than me with and without heels, with her wavy long blonde hair and gorgeous blue eyes; and as for me, well, we're just the opposite. My straight chestnut brown hair and green eyes, have I mentioned that Autumn's body is way hotter than mine, being a bikini model and all. Who would ever assume that we're sisters? "Autumn, I'm not that ready to date , yet" I said. " Come on Cassey, your 24, hot, single , a successful restaurant owner and a chef.. do I need to add more" I curved my lips, touched that she would think of me that way. "Ugh.. why did I ever agreed to this blind date?" I asked her. "Because you love me!" flickering her long lashes at me, and all I can do is raise my eyebrow at her. Ostensibly what she said is true, even though she's crazy and annoying as hell, I love her and she's my best friend. "Now go! You'll be late!" pushes me in front of the door. "Excuse me? This is my house?" "I know! So bye!". And the door slams in my back. It took me an hour to travel from the North of New York to the south, especially when traffic is awful in New York City. I ran from the cab in front of " Le Café" restaurant, stretching my rumpled knee length white dress and fixing my hair as I go in. "Do you have a reservation mam?" asks the front desk. "Ah.. yes, I should be under the name Brandon Coop?" "Right this way" gestured his hand. He walks me through the restaurant to a table of two beside the window. I was just hoping in every sense of the world that the man would be at least good looking. As we arrived at the table it was empty, but the glass was already filled with wine. Odd. "Thank you" I said and sat down. "Oh my gosh, why did I ever agreed to this?" My heart was raising. Suddenly a fat, sweaty man is walking towards me. Awkwardly I try to look away. "Oh my God, please let that not be him" I prayed inside my head, but I guess it was not enough. "Hello there" he said, offering his hand for a shake. "Hi" grabbed his sweaty hand. Ew. And that's how my terrible night started, all through dinner, all I said was 'wow' and 'really', given the chance to talk - guess not. All he did was talk about his Star Wars collection and how each one is priceless. The dinner ended longer than I expected. We walked out of the restaurant said our good byes.  " I really want to see you again Cassey" he said. "Thank you Brandon fro that lovely dinner, but truth is it will not work, it's just that I'm not ready for anyone, and my best friend just set me up; and to be honest I'm kinda still in love with someone. I'm sorry" I explained. "That's okay, thank you for being honest with me" It breaks my heart when he said the word 'honest', not really sure if it was the whole story, with his star wars collection and poor table manners that turned me off, but what I said to him was the truth. I am still in love with someone for 10 years now and as of now, it will stay like that for a while. I checked my phone and it was still just 8:30 in the evening. I dialed Autumn's number and called her. "What the hell?" I shouted at her. "What" she answers. "You set me up with Mr. Star Wars Poor Table Manner guy" "He is not! " silence for a few second and laughs came after. I knew it. "Well, yeah? Where did you even knew or met the guy?" "He's my friends cousin, heck she said he was cute and sweet" "Sad to say your friend sort of twisted it. He is sweet though" I said, lowering my voice. Looks like people are staring at me. "I'm sorry Cassey" she giggles "Yeah you are" I rolled my eyes. "I love you, need to go bye!" I smiled at my phone and shook my head in disbelief. Suddenly it started to rain – hard . "s**t!" I covered my head with my purse and ran towards the nearest cover. It took a while for the rain to stop and when it did I went out of the cover when a car immediately passes by me and splashes mud all over my WHITE dress. Really? It was just not my night, on top of that, as I was walking to the bus stop my heel broke. It was worth $350 dollars and I only wore it twice! Can't this night get any worse?  Like my question was being answered, my purse was snatched away from me.  " Help! Help! Thief!" I shouted at the top of my lungs, like anyone would care, no one was here but me, so I took my heels off and chased after him. Jogging every morning for the past 6 years has it perks, I grabbed the man's shirt and pulled him. Thing is, I never said that I was smart, the man took a hold of me and pushed me against the wall, I screamed in pain as my back came in contact with the cold wall and with all things getting worse, someone jumped out from behind and tackled him, punched him and took my purse out of his hand grabbed me and ran.  After a few blocks of running we finally stopped, I took the chance and looked at my hero, and as I did, I was in great shock. The man that I was in love with for the past 10 years saved me. Alex Pike, Autumn's boyfriend.