Cole Imagine for Amy
The sound of the television had suddenly disappeared and that made you look up from your laptop. You saw your boyfriend, Cole, stand up from the other end of the couch and you could already see the gears turning in his head. “Cole you were so comfortable, why are you getting up?” you asked. “Amy let’s go out,” he said. “Where do you want to go?” you responded. A smile grew on his face and that made you slightly nervous. “I will tell you in the car. You don’t even have to change, just go like that,” he said, closing your laptop and putting it on the table for you. “I am not dressed to go out!” you protested. “You look wonderful!” he said as he quickly kissed your cheek and pulled you up and towards the laundry room. He grabbed some Nike sandals off the shelf and put them on before handing your Toms to you. You both went outside, sat in the car and Cole just sat with a smile on his face. “Are you going to tell me where we’re going now?” you asked. “I have no idea,” he said. “You made me get up and in the car for this?” you whined as you shook your head. “Amy stop getting upset! I don’t know where we are going because we won’t know until we get there,” he said as he started the car. “This doesn’t even make sense,” you said with a confused tone. Cole opened the glove compartment in front of you, grabbed a penny and a die, before shutting it again. “This is how we will decide,” he said as his smile grew. “Cole I am not about to play a board game with you,” you said jokingly. “No it’s called a penny date! I’m going to drive and you are responsible for these. You flip the penny and if it lands on heads then I turn right and if it’s tails, then I turn left. After that you roll the die and whatever number it lands on is how many minutes I drive before I make the turn,” he explained. “I’m pretty sure this is the most wonderful idea you have ever had!” you said excitedly. “Really?! You think so?!” he asked with a giant grin. “Yes Cole this is going to be so much fun! Let’s get going!” you said as you buckled your seatbelt and took the small objects from him. Cole backed out of the driveway and headed out of your street. You flipped the penny and rolled the die just as he stopped at the exit of your neighborhood. “Ok so here just make a left and then I’ll flip the penny again,” you said. Cole turned as you tossed the coin. “It’s heads and the die says four,” you said, looking at the clock. Cole drove down the street a little before making a right turn after the four minutes. You flipped the penny and rolled the die quickly. “In six minutes make a left turn,” you instructed. “Ok got it. To be honest, I am a little afraid of where we will end up. I don’t want to get lost in the middle of nowhere,” Cole admitted. “If we get lost then I’ll just use my phone to take us back home,” you said with a laugh. Cole turned left and you rolled the die and flipped the penny again. “Next you have to make a right turn in two minutes,” you said. Cole nodded and you sat in silence for a moment. “How do I know when we are supposed to stop rolling?” you asked. Cole furrowed his brow before shaking his head. “I don’t actually know. I guess we can just stop when we see a place we like,” he replied as he turned. You rolled the die and flipped the coin but before you read them, Cole said something. “Look down the street!” he said pointing towards the left. You looked and saw that there was a tiny shop with no name but only a fluorescent sign shaped like a paintbrush. “Cole we don’t even know what that is,” you said, a tad skeptical about the place. “The point of this was to do something new and different. So let’s check it out and if it’s no fun then we’ll go somewhere else,” he said as he pulled into a parking spot. “Ok we’ll give it a shot,” you said as you grabbed your bag and got out of the car. You two walked inside and saw a few people painting. “Hello, how can I help you?” the lady at the front asked. “Well we just wanted to see what this place was. Can you tell us what you guys have to offer?” you asked. “Sure! I can walk you around if you’d like,” the hostess responded with a smile. She started walking down a hallway and stopped at the first door. “This room is where we have classes. Basically a group comes in and everyone sits and learns how to make the same painting while drinks and snacks are served,” she explained. Cole looked at you and nodded, signaling that he was impressed. You followed the hostess to the next room down the hall and saw a canvas that was large enough to cover an entire wall at the furthest end of the room. “This is our paint balloon room. We make balloons full of paint and clients come in and throw them at the canvas,” she explained. You walked inside and Cole followed you. “It looks like someone is coming in soon,” you said, pointing towards the buckets full of pain balloons. “Actually the party who had the room reserved cancelled at the last minute,” the employee said. “Wait so nobody has this room booked?” Cole inquired. “Nope,” she replied. “Could we have it?” Cole asked. You turned quickly to look at him and he just had a giant smile. “I need to go ask a manager really quick,” the lady said before leaving the room. “Cole are you serious?” you asked a bit shocked. “Amy, we’ve never done this before! Plus we can take the canvas home and put it in the house. Not to mention it will be so much fun!” he pleaded. You thought for a moment and opened your mouth to respond but then the hostess came back with two clipboards. “I just need you to sign these waivers and then you can have the room,” she said with a smile. Cole took one and signed it and then handed the other to you. You grabbed it and just stared at it for a moment before you scribbled your signature and gave it back to Cole. “Ok so there are goggles and clear ponchos over on the counter and you can move the buckets wherever you want. If you have any more questions then you can use that phone in the corner and it’ll connect you to the desk where I am,” she explained. “Thank you so much,” you said with a smile before she left the room. You and Cole both put on your ponchos and goggles before snapping a few pictures. After that Cole moved both buckets of balloons, one near each of you. “Ladies first,” Cole said with a laugh as he gestured towards your bucket. You grabbed a red balloon, threw it at the center of the canvas and watched it explode with color. Cole took a blue one from his stack and tossed it in the top corner. “This is really cool,” he said excitedly. “It is mega cool!” you responded as you threw a yellow one. You both continued to toss balloons and admired how your piece of art was coming together. You could tell by Cole’s face that he was having the time of his life and so were you. Each of you had one balloon left but you didn’t want to throw them right away. “Cole I just want to say thank you,” you said, lightly tossing your last balloon between your hands. “For what babe?” he asked. “For bringing me here, for having fun with me, for everything you’ve ever done for me really,” you said. “Honey you don’t have to thank me. We came here together. I didn’t make it fun; we had fun because we are both here. You just bring out the best in me,” he said as he walked closer to you and took your hand in his. You placed your lips on his and moved your other hand towards his face but dropped your balloon on the tarp in the process. “Oh shoot,” you said as you both moved backwards. “It’s ok darling,” Cole said as he quickly went to his bucket and grabbed his balloon. “Here take this and throw it right between the green and blue spots,” he instructed, pointing to the canvas. “Why there?” you asked. “Just do it.” he said. You tossed the balloon and Cole ran up to the canvas. He was standing in the way so you couldn’t see why he was standing there, but once he moved your heart filled with happiness. In the wet purple paint Cole used his finger to draw a heart and wrote “C+A” inside of it. “Cole I love you so much,” you said as you walked towards him, wrapped your arms around his waist and held him close to you. He wrapped his arms around you and said, “I love you too Amy.” In that moment, it had become official that penny dates were a great idea.










