The girl looked over at the sky. It was going to rain. She almost considered calling off the whole thing, picking up her cell phone and telling her boy friend that this wasn’t going to work out, that this was something that she hadn’t wanted to do after all.
He’d understand, he always did. He was so good, so caring about things like these, and he had been so happy when she had made the offer for him to come around and that she would give him the best night of his life.
She hadn’t wanted to go to his place, nor him to come to hers. In both cases, the parents were going to be a huge factor with what they were about to do. So she had decided on the small underpass in the wooded area that was no longer used. The train had been disassembled some time ago, and the surrounding forest had slowly encroached on everything until all that one was able to see was a dark, lush forest.
She swung off her satchel, and waited, sitting on the ground for her beau to arrive. She waited patiently, knowing that at any moment, the two of them would be able to come and be together.
Any moment…
Any moment…
Time passed slowly, but as it was nearing dark, She was positive that he’d been stood up. Sadly she picked up her satchel and made ready to leave, trying to think of a plausible lie that would easily fool her parents, when suddenly she heard a voice behind her.
“Where do you think that you are going?”
She looked suddenly, and there with a smile on his face, was Rick.
“Oh Rick…” She gasped. “I was positive that you’d forgotten all about me.”
He smiled sheepishly. “Yeah, sorry about that, got a tad caught yup in my work and didn’t realize the time until I just looked up.”
“Oh.” She said simply, not really sure what else to say. “Is there anything in that bag for me?” She pointed over to the backpack that he was carrying.
Rick looked over too, pretending not to really see what it was that he was holding at all, but instead finding that something had latched onto his arm as a complete surprise. “What, oh this?”
He smiled and slid the bag down off of his arm. “Lets have a look shall we?” He rummaged through the bag for a few moments and pulled out a plaid tablecloth. “Oh there’s just this, as well as these.” He went down again and came up with two white candlesticks with candles already in them, as well as a bottle of San Pellagra. “I didn’t know that you might like it, but I figured that we might give it a try.”
“Sure.” She took the glass that he offered. There was light dripping sound as the glass was filled with the reddest wine that she had ever seen.
“Here, have a sip. See what you think.”
She put the glass to her lips and tasted the brew, and it was one of the most amazing that she’d ever tasted. “Oh my god!”
