Joey and I have spoken on the internet many times over the past seven years. We have never met yet, but have discussed Joey visiting me. We live in two different states, approximately 800 miles away. Joey's marriage was not that great, mine was good, but just missing passion and romance. Finally the time had come Joey e-mailed me telling me he was going to come to see me. The e-mail said; "I have finally arranged to get away. I will be driving and should arrive on the 15th of the month and staying for only one week. That is all I can get time off for. Meet me at the Red Lobster, (the one we talked about) at 7:30 Friday night. Only respond to this e-mail if you cannot make it. Love Joey."
I was totally shocked. I felt my heart melt. For the entire seven years that we have been friends online, he always talked about coming to see me but never has.
Well, it is Friday afternoon; I had left work early to get ready for my date. My husband and kids were out of town for the weekend so Joey had really timed this visit right. I got home took a shower, put on makeup, and did my hair really nice. I pulled my favorite tank dress from the closet. It was black with some sequence on the right side and spaghetti straps on the shoulders. I wore tan looking stockings because I really do not have time to lye out in the sun to get a tan. I also wore my open toe high heal black shoes. I put on my favorite perfume and headed to my car. I anxiously drove to the Red Lobster that we had always talked about.
While in the car, I was thinking about all of our past conversations. Joey had always told me that when we do meet, even if it was for a cup of coffee that would be fine. He was not looking for anything else other than to meet me but; every thing was up to me. If I wanted to go further with our relationship then I would give the o.k.
I drove into the parking lot and parked my car in the back of the restaurant, so no one would really see my car unless they were looking for it. I walked into the restaurant, it was about 6:30, I had gotten there early to have a few drinks at the bar because I was quite nervous. I was thinking to my self, how will I know when he walks in the door, we only exchanged pictures once, what if his looks changed and he looks nothing like he did in the picture he sent me? I ordered a glass of red fruity wine and sat there just looking at all the people walking into the restaurant and those who were waiting to be seated. The restaurant was not crowded at all when I first arrived; but it did not take long before it did.
I looked down at my watch and it was now 7:30 and I could feel my heart pounding to see if I spotted Joey. All of a sudden there was this thin guy standing in the middle of a crowd of people looking above everyone's heads. He had short black hair combed back, sun glasses, a Hawaiian type button down shirt, black pants. I caught myself looking right at him. I noticed him looking in my direction and quickly looked down at my drink and faced the bar.
Almost immediately, I felt a tap on my shoulder and a voice say,
"Can I buy you another glass of wine?"
I slowly turned around and the man standing next to me said,
"Ronda, is that you? Hi. I'm Joey." And he held his hand out for a hand shake.
I shook his hand and said,
"I cannot believe you came all this way just to see me. I really cannot believe it."
He took off his sun glasses and, Oh MY GOD! Did he have the most beautiful brown eyes I have ever seen. His eyes were I thought the sexiest part about Joey. He acutally spoke with his eyes.
"Well, I did say I was going to be here, that is what I said in my e-mail, I did not hear back from you so I knew it was safe for me to come." "Shall we get our table?"
With a frog in my throat, I responded yes.
Joey asked the bar tender if our table was ready. Apparently he had called before he got here and reserved a table for us towards the back of the restaurant so it was quieter.
"I asked for a table in a quieter area so that we can talk and get to know each other without having to holler over other people talking."
I went to pull out the chair to sit and Joey pulled the chair out for me. I could not believe that men still did that because my husband never did that for me, even when we were dating.
"Thank you Joey."
"You're quite welcome my dear."
We sat enjoyed our dinner, talked and laughed for a long time.
"Are you ready to leave the restaurant and go some place, for a walk."
"Sure Joey, but let me just go to the powder room."
"Ok, I will wait for you just outside at the front entrance."
"Ok, Joey."
I met him outside it was dusk now.
"So where do you want to go my dear?"
"How about the beach?"
"To the beach it is. Let's leave your car here and we will take mine."
We both got into his car. Neither of us said a word during our drive to the beach. Then he reached for my left hand and held it while we drove and talked about every day life on the way to the beach.
The beach was only about ten miles away. He parked the car and we both got out. He walked around the car and held my left hand and we started to walk on the boardwalk.
"Joey, do you mind if we go down on the sand and getting our feet wet while we walk?"
"No not at all."
We both removed our shoes and walked down to the water still holding hands. We found a dry spot in the sand where just the water would come up and touch our feet and we sat down. We talked some more about his marriage and mine. What we are both looking for, what we expect and don't expect. Then we shared our fist kiss. His lips were so soft, the feel of his tongue in my mouth and touching mine felt so good. I felt like a high school kid making out. The kiss seemed to last forever.
He released the kiss and looked at me for a while, he put his hand on my shoulder.
"Ronda, I know I have said this over and over on the internet that I love you and do not want to do anything you don't want to do. Feel free to stop me at any time. I will not be angry."
"I remember our conversations online."
"Then you must also remember that I told you that iif all you wanted was to have dinner, walking on the beach and sharing a kiss, then that is all I will pursue."
"I know Joey, I will let you know what I want and donot want to do."
Joey then stood up and held his hand down for me to grab it.
"Come on let's continue walking a little bit."