Yesterday was the day that all
singles fear and all couples (mostly women) adore, Valentine’s Day. A stupid
dumb stupid stupid Hallmark holiday designed to make people spend money on
worthless trinkets as a sign of affection. That being said, I GOT SOME BOOTY!
It started off as a typical
workday at the store, with the exception that there were more women than normal
in the store. It seemed like they were primarily buying gifts for the guys’ in
their lives. On the flipside, there were fewer men than normal. I guess women
have less interest in comics and vinyl records than men, but if you find one of
those women, you lock them down. You lockdown a girl like Nico.
[End of workday]
Nico: Hey Nick, doing anything good tonight for VD?
Me: VD? As in venereal disease or Valentine’s Day? Either way, I
got a big ole bag of nuthin’.
Nico: Aw. That sucks. But on the bright side, I’m going to let you
drive me home.
Me: LOL. Way to just tell me
what I am doing. What happened to your car?
Nico: Engine died. I’ve been borrowing my parents’ cars, but they
are out doing Valentine’s Day crap tonight.
Me: Well then, of course you can have a ride, but I have one rule:
No playing with my radio.
Nico: Play your cards right on the way home and I’ll play with more
than your radio.
Me: *Jaw dropped*
And with that we hopped in the
car. I punched Nico’s address into the GPS and DAMNIT SHE’S PLAYING WITH THE
RADIO! I admit to being a bit of a Music Nazi, but it’s to be expected
from someone who works in store moderately focused around music. Nico put on Rancid, which… okay… good call. She
was singing along and I watched quietly while her lips and lip piercing
quivered just so slightly when hitting certain notes. So many thoughts were
suddenly racing through my head:
Damn, that’s sexy.
I love Rancid.
She’s really cute.
Shit. She’s 18.
I’m her boss.
I want to kiss her.
I should buy a boat.
What the? Where did that come from?
After a 15 minute drive, we
pulled into Nico’s driveway. Parents out. Us alone. We stayed in the car for
about another 15 minutes talking about each other’s interests, music, TV shows,
and tennis (weird???). Nico shortly
after reached for her bag in the backseat of the car indicating she was ready
to head into her house.
Me: Do you want me to walk you to your door?
Nico: That’s nice of you, but this wasn’t a date. I’m not going to
kiss you goodnight in front of the door.
Me: I… uh… just…
[NICO LEANS OVER QUICKLY AND
KISSES ME ON THE LIPS!!!]
Me: [Caught off guard, pleasantly surprised, and smiling] Wow. What was that for?
Nico: Everybody deserves to be kissed on Valentine’s Day. It’s the
least I could do for the ride. Plus, I think you’re cute.
Me: I think you are cute too. Thanks. Sooooo, maybe we can do this
again sometime.
Nico: And maybe next time I’ll let you walk me to the door.
Nico got out of the car and gave
me a quick wave and a smile. I guess next time we have the same schedule I’ll
have to officially ask her out on a date.
I then took a minute to check my
phone as my text alerts were going crazy during the drive. Tom was trying to
get me to join him at the Oceanside for their annual Lonely Hearts Club party. I
was on a high after that quick kiss and wanted a celebratory beverage,
so I headed out to meet him.
At the time, I thought my kiss
with Nico would be the highlight of my night, but I had no idea what was yet to
come. Literally.
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