Miguel arrived at Andrea's house, a little nervous. This was to be their first date, though they'd been friends for most of their lives. They'd simply never realized that they liked each other more until recently. He had finally realized it a few days ago, when he got seriously aroused sitting with her and watching a movie. When he'd asked her what she'd say if he kissed her, she surprised him by kissing him. They had both been rather surprised, and didn't say much for a few minutes. Later on that night, Miguel had asked Andrea if she'd like to go out for a date.
Well, here he was. He was dressed semi-formally, for the restaurant, and they had plans to go to a movie afterward. They were going to see the new romance movie. He took a breath and knocked on the door.
She opened the door, and his jaw dropped. He'd never seen her so attractive. She was wearing a tight white blouse under a deep red jacket, with matching skirt. Her long dark hair was up in a braid, and hung over her left shoulder. He began to feel a little under-dressed, in his good kakhi pants and his white dress shirt. He didn't even have his sport jacket with him. Though he was wearing a rather nice tie. Andrea rushed out of the house, turned, locked the door, and took his arm.
She said to him, "You look marvelous, relax." They went to his car, and they drove out to the restaurant he'd picked.
The drive was mostly quiet, while Andrea looked over Miguel. She'd never realized he cleaned up so well. She thought back to the night he'd asked her out. She'd kind of surprised herself when she'd kissed him, as well as surprising him. She hadn't realized how much she liked him.
He knew she liked Italian, so he reserved a table at a quiet little place he'd found recently. They were shown to the table, and ordered their drinks. The waiter brought them back, and took their orders. The meal was delicious. They talked and laughed throughout their dinner. They chatted about all kinds of things, and remembered back to when they were kids together. Then, while Miguel shifted his feet a bit, so did Andrea. Their legs touched, and all thoughts of children flashed out of their minds. They looked at each other, and Miguel thought, *God, she is so beautiful.* Meanwhile, Andrea was thinking, *I hope the movie isn't too long, I don't know how long I can restrain myself.* Andrea then smiled her quirky half-smile, and said, "You know, I thought we'd planned to keep this date cool and calm. I don't think it's working."
"I think you're right. Shall we head for the movie? Or would you rather go home, and we could try the cool and calm date again, later?" Miguel wasn't sure which he'd rather do, himself. He was not particularly sure he could restrain himself, in either case. As it was, he was uncomfortably hot, and he thought Andrea looked a little flushed, herself.
She said, "Let's go ahead and see the movie." She wanted to see the movie, and since he'd agreed to see it with her, they were certainly going to see it, whatever else happened that night. *Now where'd that thought come from?* she wondered. *I just want to see the movie, and then go home.* She tried not to think about Miguel coming in with her, but the idea wouldn't leave her mind. Andrea had a very active imagination.
So Miguel paid the check, and she let him, since she knew his general rule of paying for dates. She'd heard him complain enough about other dates who wouldn't let him obey it. "If I ask you out, I'll pay for the date." Then they went and drove over to the theater, and got into the movie. They sat down, and Miguel offered to get drinks. Andrea replied, "Just get a large root beer, and we'll share it."
When Miguel came back with a large root beer, and a couple of straws, he sat down and put the drink between them. Andrea looked at him, when she noticed the two straws.
"We never bothered with separate straws when we shared drinks before, Miguel," she said. *Wow, I never realized how much I like his name.*
Miguel looked at her, shrugged, and said, "That's true. Guess I have an extra one." So he put the straw in the root beer, and offered the first sip to Andrea. She took the drink, nodded, and took her sip. *My god, those lips are beautiful.* When she handed it back, he flushed, quickly took a sip, and was thankful for the darkness of the theater.
A moment later, the movie started. The preview clips were quite entertaining, and both Miguel and Andrea laughed. Once the movie started, Miguel put his arm around Andrea, rather hesitantly, and Andrea leaned her head on his shoulder, and snuggled up like she usually did during romance movies. The movie was excellent, though Miguel had a continual problem with his pants being a bit tight around the groin. Andrea's closeness was all too distracting for him. He finally relaxed and put his hand on her shoulder, and squeezed at the appropriate times during the movie.