In the few days that followed, I had been speaking to Lucas, and it was so refreshing. From that, I learned that he had a twin sister studying arts abroad and that he moved to Seattle from Chicago as a child. He eventually became best friends with Chase, who lived across the street from him. Today was the day of my date and I felt a mix of excitement and nerves. I had only been on a date once with Troy, a boy we briefly dated in high school. It wasn't what I had envisioned; he didn't even have enough to pay for the bill, so we had to split it, and he wasn't a gentleman at all. He spoke about himself the whole time, it was a total flop. Lucas was far from Troy, he seemed to embody all the qualities I admired. He had texted me earlier with the time for our date and mentioned a surpris

