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"Most Definitely A Real Date"
(Grayson)
I’m taking Avery out on our first date tonight. I don’t
really count New Years Eve because the girl was beyond messed up that night and
she only stuck around for about fifteen minutes. That was more like an
emergency rescue than a date. Tonight will be a real one—no matter what Avery
says.
When I called to ask what time Aves wanted me to pick her up
for our date, she immediately brought up the fact that this was a school
project. Not a date. Whatever. She claims to be stuck between bargaining and
guilt, but clearly the girl is still dealing with some major denial. We’re
totally going on a date tonight. I think I’ll bring her roses just to prove it.
At first I thought about taking her out on a group date with
a bunch of my friends, but I decided against that for several reasons. One,
they’re all going to go see a movie, and after I nearly jumped Aves yesterday I
don’t think taking her to a dark theater where the armrests between the seats
can be lifted up is the best idea.
More than my lack of self-control, though, I want to have
Avery all to myself for the night. Avery is so shy. She tends to clam up or
fade into the background when she’s around my friends, and I want the opposite
from her tonight. I want her to open up to me.
It occurred to me while we were studying yesterday that I
don’t really know Aves very well. Of course I know her, but we’ve never hung
out much before. In fact, up until she’d asked me to help her with her
Aiden-purging, I’d never even been in her bedroom before.
I have this idea in my head of who she is, but now that I
think about it, that’s mostly based on what I know about my brother. I can’t
really picture her separately from Aiden any better than she can. Well, I don’t
particularly care much for my brother right now. I don’t want to associate
Avery with him anymore.
There’s got to be more to Avery than just the fact that
she’s Aiden’s best friend. I want to see that side of her. I want to learn what
she likes and doesn’t like, not what
Aiden likes and doesn’t like. I want to see how she handles things when she
doesn’t have him there to lean on.
Tonight for our date,
I am going to take Avery to do something she’s never done before. I want
tonight to be one hundred percent The Avery and Grayson Show. Aiden is so not invited—literally or metaphorically.
Call me selfish, but I’m taking Avery out. Not Aiden. I don’t want him to be
there in any way, shape or form. I want Avery’s thoughts and feelings to be
centered on me. Not stuck on that stupid, selfish punk and what he did to her.
I want her to smile all night long damn it. And I want her to laugh. A lot. Girl
has such an adorable laugh. She needs to use it more often. In fact, that gives
me a great idea. I just figured out what we’re going to do tonight.
