Planning a date
1170 Words
*Owen*
“Wake up your i***t”. I am yanked back to reality when someone pulls the blanket off me in the middle of a very nice dream.
I desperately grab for the cover, knowing I prefer my sister not to see me like this. “Hey, what the hell are you doing ?”
Her eyes kind of bulge and she throws the blanket back in my face. “Oh God Owen, keep that thing caged up or something. I did not need to know that about my brother. I can never unsee that”.
“Hey, it's not my fault that you decided to rip off my blanket”. I grumble, covering myself up. “And I mean it’s not like you are a virgin, it can’t be that shocking to see a naked man”.
“Believe me, that thing there is not ... normal. I did not need to know that my brother is ... scarily big in that area”. She shakes her head. “But I came to ask you to get up, you are in trouble sir”.
I rub my eyes. “Trouble ? Why am I in trouble ?”
“You broke the internet ... you literally made i********: crash”. She rolls her eyes. “You and your little miss thing made the whole thing crash”.
“What ? How ?” I run a hand through my hair trying to get it under control. “What did we do ?”
She shakes her head. “Seriously ? How did you think people would react to you asking to see her in her panties ? Like seriously Owen … you are rather Well known and she is super famous”.
“I didn’t ... or well maybe I did but privately ... I am not dumb”. Then I realize my last comment had kind of blown the whole thing wide open. “Oh damn, I am dumb. I was tired and ... it was that last comment right ?”
“That ... yeah ... and her answering course”. She breathes out deeply. “Owen seriously you should be smarter than this ... you are usually smarter than this”.
I rub my hands over my face. “I know ... I ... she kinda has my head turned quite badly hasn’t she ?”
“Seems like it ... I just hope she is worth it. You deserve someone in your life, someone special”. She says with a small smile. “Get dressed, there is breakfast and presents in the living room”.
“I’ll be out in five minutes”. I tell her and she leaves me alone to get ready.
*Hope*
Whoops, so we broke the net. I never expected a picture of me ... let alone one where I am hiding under a thick duvet would do that. And I have gained like ten thousand new followers during the night and morning, it has to be some of his followers or fans or whatever it is he has.
Okay, so I might have gone too far with my answer. ‘To bad you are not here to pull it off then’. I just couldn’t stop myself and for a moment I forgot to think.
Luckily he hasn’t answered back. But I have so many questions about if we are dating or ... well f*****g as several people put it. Some seem to think it is all a play to get attention. I decide not to answer.
I get a private message, it’s from Owen of course. ‘Whoops ... we might be in trouble now. But be happy I did not see you answer before now or I could have been on the red eye to Aspen ... and you would have been in trouble’.
My stomach does a backflip and I might even be blushing. Once again I ask myself what the hell I am doing here. I am flirting blatantly with some guy I met once, and who is not only 13 years my senior, but also an infamous charlatan and ... urg well, he slept with my mom.
‘I am back in LA tomorrow early ... if you are not busy, maybe we could ... hey isn’t it supposed to be you asking me on a date ? But as I was saying, if you have time, maybe we could do something together’. I look at my answer, damn what did I just write ? But too late, I already sent it.
It only takes a minute or so and I get an answer back. ‘Oh, did you just ask me out ... like on a date ? I think you did. I’d love to honestly ... what do you want to do ?’
Then before I can answer a new message. ‘s**t ! I really want to see you, but tomorrow is kind of our annual 'going to Disneyland the whole family day’.
I kind of feel my heart sink. I mean it’s totally okay of course, but I had been very excited to see him. ‘It’s fine ... we can see each other at some other time’.
‘Not so fast ... how do you feel about family trips ? You could come ... or am I too forward to ask ... sorry I have never been good at this, I have a hard time finding out what you are supposed to do and what not. But I would like to see you so if you want to come, it would be fun’.
The butterflies are back. Wow, this is kind of big, I mean it’s more like ... dating, not just going on a date. I close my eyes shortly. ‘What do your family say ? Don’t they want you ... to themselves ?’
It takes a bit of time, but when I see the length of his answer I understand. ‘It is totally okay with them. If it feels awkward you and I can just walk off for a couple of hours on our own. But I promise, most of them are easy to get along with. It would make me kind of happy if you come. Okay I am going to be honest here and risk making a fool of myself ... I feel we have a connection and I really want to spend time with you’.
Honestly, what can I answer but yes ? Why this man is even single is a mystery to me. ‘Okay, you convinced me. So where do we meet and what time ?’
‘Maybe inside Disney is the best option, I mean not to draw too much attention. What do you say ? Would that be okay ?’
I nod to myself. ‘That sounds sensible. So see you tomorrow then. Can’t wait’.
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