Chastity didn't ring until the evening. She had had quite some debate with her friends over a coffee in the morning about how soon is too soon, the usual argument erupted. The married friend telling her to not play games and ring straight away, the single friend telling her to wait a week and even then tell him you are busy. Sadly she never managed to put two and two together to realise why she was still single with that attitude but Chastity ignored them both.
Curled up on her sofa in a cotton set of PJ's she pulled up the number on her phone for the tenth time in the last hour. Finally hitting the dial button and waiting for the ringing to be answered.
Carl picked up his phone on the second ring, the girl from last night emblazoned across his screen as the phone gently danced in his hand. Too late for a second date tonight, he quickly guessed this was a checking in call to make plans for another night.
"Hi it's Chastity" the conversation started, both of them more than aware that they already knew that, before exchanging a few pleasantries about the day and so on. Chastity cut to the chase telling Carl she had enjoyed last night and wondered if he would like to meet up tomorrow night, maybe go to the movies and a bite to eat. They agreed a time and place Chastity choosing to meet Carl at the movies rather than getting picked up as she realised she would be tight for time if she was held up at work.
Butterflies fluttered gently around Chastity's stomach as she hung up the phone and smiled to herself, already her mind was thinking of what to wear.
Carl was really quite please about the call, he too had enjoyed Chastity's company but had a bit of a habit of sleeping with women once and never hearing from them again, but he didn't dwell on the thought and quickly tucked his phone back into his shirt pocket before returning to the pool table and the small but noisy group he was out with tonight.
Carl was on time for this date, dressed in jeans and a shirt with his leather coat pulled tightly around him to protect him from the bitter wind blowing up the street as he stood under the Odeon awning and waited for Chastity. He had already bought the tickets for the film and a bucket of popcorn having received a text a few minutes earlier from her telling him she was running a little late.
Chastity had been the one to ring Carl after the first date and they quickly agreed on seeing a film tonight and possibly getting something to eat, but that bit wasn't really discussed much. Chastity had left the film choice to Carl, who had carefully selected the "third person" avoiding the gothic horror movies and the high action thrillers but opting for the love triangle story which he hoped would appeal to Chastity more than the blood and screams of the others.
Carl checked his watch then the tickets, then his watch again as the start time for the film came and went. The film never actually starts on time anyway and he figured they had about a fifteen minute grace from the ticket time to the actual start. Slowly it started to rain, the wind driving the cold drops of semi frozen water against his skin as he pressed himself against the glass of the foyer and checked his watch again.
The ticket start time said 8.05, it was now 8.18 and the rain had started coming down more heavily. Fortunately the wind dropped so Carl wasn't getting pelted sideways with liquid icicles as he waited for his date.
Around the corner of the building Chastity hurried towards him, head down, collar up trying to protect herself from the same rain Carl had been exposed to. Carl took a moment to recognise her as she was so covered up and moving at speed but a quick call made her change direction and she headed for the door Carl pulled open to let them both into the cinema.
Chastity apologised for being late , shaking her coat a little to remove some excess rain water as Carl leaned in for a kiss hello. Chastity apologised for that too, as the slightly dripping Carl took a step back from the deluge that was coming off her coat. Fortunately they both laughed and Carl pulling the tickets out led them quickly to the right screen and through the darkened room to their assigned seats.
The movie had just started when they sat down, Carl had selected seats towards the rear of the cinema and off to the left of the aisle. As they sat down Carl noticed there were no more than about thirty other people in the cinema and none within about twenty feet of where they were sitting.
Chastity removed her coat and folded it over the seat in front of her as Carl did something similar with his own leather jacket as the pair finally settled into their seats. Their noise masked by the traffic noise from the on-screen film as a city scene is displayed focusing on a woman walking along a busy American city street.
Carl offered the pre-bought popcorn to his date having removed a few of the damper top layer pops, victims of the earlier coat shaking incident in the foyer. Chastity took a couple already watching the film leaving Carl to hold the tub as he too focused on the huge screen in front of them.