BAD DATE
Added on: 27th Mar 2016
“HI SARAH, LISTEN I ONLY HAVE A MINUTE.
I’M ABOUT TO GET PICKED UP
FOR A BLIND DATE,
CAN YOU CALL ME IN A HALF HOUR
JUST IN CASE IT’S GOING BAD?
YES? OK GREAT! WE’LL SPEAK.”
RAQUEL GAVE HERSELF A
QUICK SPRAY OF PERFUME,
CHECKED HERSELF OUT ONE MORE
TIME IN THE MIRROR
AND HEADED OUTSIDE TO
WAIT FOR THE GUY.
SURE ENOUGH AFTER TWENTY MINUTES
RAQUEL WAS DISCREETLY
CHECKING HER WATCH.
AFTER TEN MORE LONG MINUTES
HER PHONE FINALLY BUZZED.
RAQUEL LISTENED FOR A FEW SECONDS,
GRIMLY PURSED HER LIPS
AND TURNED TO HER DATE,
“I FEEL TERRIBLE,
BUT MY GRANDMOTHER IS
TERRIBLY SICK AND
I MUST GO HOME NOW .”
“NO PROBLEM!”
SAID HER DATE WITH A BIG GRIN,
“IN A FEW MORE MINUTES
MY DOG WAS GOING TO GET RUN OVER!”
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