I'd been on a couple of blind dates, but never a blind double-date, but Linda's friend told her these two guys were pretty cool, so we thought "what the heck?"
I dressed for a typical Saturday night out - sexy but practical. A skirt that showed off my ass, but I could still dance in, heels I could wear all night without hobbling me, and a tight top with plenty of cleavage showing.
I arrived at the bar a fashionable 15 minutes late, got my ID checked, and headed inside. It was a nice enough place, clean and with a comfortable vibe. I could imagine coming here again. I looked around for Linda, but when I didn't see her I started to try to work out which guys we were meeting. The only description I had was "cute", so that wasn't helpful. I walked around eyeing any table that had just two guys. Eventually a nice-looking African-American guy with a shaved head caught my eye. He gave me a questioning look.
I headed over to him. His friend was white with a nice head of dark brown hair. They both stood up, which I thought was a good start.
"Hi, are you guys waiting for Linda and Annie?" I asked, smiling, "because if you are, I'm half of them."
The white guy grinned. "Yes, I'm Kyle, this is George."
George pulled out a chair for me, and we all sat down.
The waitress had already noticed me sitting down, and quickly came to get my drink order.
"I'll have one of these," I said, nodding towards the beers the guys were drinking.
"And another for each of us, please," added George.
Once she left, George turned to me and asked, "so which half?"
"Huh?" I replied, dumb.
"You said you were half of Linda and Annie," interjected Kyle, "but you didn't say which half," finished George.
I laughed, "Oh God, sorry - I'm Annie! Nice to meet you." I gave a mock courtsey in my seat.
"So are you always the less late one?" asked George, smiling.
I laughed. "That's a pretty good way of putting it. Sorry!"
"No problem," smiled George, "you're worth waiting for."
I blushed a little. "Wow," I said, "you're quite the smoothie!"
"Only the top of his head!" laughed Kyle, and George and I both chuckled.
"But yes, it's usually me waiting for Linda, not the other way around."
Just then my phone buzzed: "Sorry Babe, not feeling well, can't come."
"Dammit!" I exclaimed, "I'm sorry guys, Linda's sick - she's not coming."
"Well, that's too bad," said George. They quickly exchanged glances. "Will you still hang out with us? We could still have fun."
"I'd love to," I said, "but if you guys want to, uh, go hunting for, well, I dunno, like twins or something'" I trailed off.
Kyle laughed. "Not really our style. Stay with us - I bet we can still have a great time."
I nodded. "I'd really like that," I smiled.
It was a really nice evening - we drank, we laughed, we told stupid jokes, we flirted a lot, we played darts and billiards, and before we knew it, it was late, and a rougher crowd started to fill the bar. A weird-looking man in the corner was eyeing me and starting to creep me out, but I didn't want to drag George or Kyle into any trouble - I didn't know how they'd react if I told them about him, so I just let them know I was ready to leave.
"No problem," said George, then he paused. "We, um, we have a foosball table back at our place - no pressure, if you'd like to carry on the evening."
I definitely should have said "no thanks." It would have been the sensible thing to do.
"Sounds good," I said.
Twenty minutes later, we piled out of an Uber at a smart-looking apartment complex, and Kyle led the way up to their third floor apartment.
In the living room, there was indeed a foosball table.
"See?" said Kyle, "it wasn't just a ruse to get you back here."
I intercepted George giving him a "what the fuck, dude?" look, but I patted him on the arm.
"Don't worry, if I had got even the slightest creepy vibe off either of you, I wouldn't be here. Now, who's pouring the drinks?"
While Kyle went into the kitchen, George showed me around, although that just involved saying "well, this is it, apart from our rooms."
"This is surprisingly tidy for a guys' place - which of your moms comes over every week?"
George chuckled, embarrassed, "umm, actually, mine does, yeah."
"Well," I laughed, "at least you're a little bit ashamed of that!"
"Yes," said Kyle, bringing the drinks, "we've actually decided that needs to stop. We need to start keeping it clean ourselves, but George's mom can't imagine her little boy being able to manage without her!"
"Dude, enough!" laughed George.
They taught me how to play foosball, and let me win a few games, which was very gentlemanly of them, then, after a couple more drinks, we all ended up on the couch, me in the middle.
We sat there in comfortable silence for a few minutes, enjoying the light buzz we had, then Kyle quietly asked, "so, Annie, since this was originally going to be a double-date, we were wondering which of us you would've picked to be your date if Linda had showed up."
George leaned over and glared at him, "You asshole, you can't ask her that! That's not fair! Don't say, Annie, you don't have to say!"
"Oh, shut up!" I laughed.
There was silence for a few moments, then I said, "actually, I've been wondering that since I first got to the bar, even before we knew Linda wasn't coming."
More silence.
"And?" asked George, eventually, "and Kyle, before you say anything, I know I'm the asshole now."
I chuckled, "I actually still don't know. You're just both so damn cute and sexy."