Be My Guest? || Blind Date || Maddie and Gray
Date/Time: February 14th, 2014, 8:37 pm.
Gray looked at the clock for the fourth time in the past minute. He had been sitting at the table for the past seven minutes, having arrived at eight thirty sharp, which is when he and the girl he had been matched with for the blind date were supposed to meet. She was late. Not that he had truly expected the stranger to be on time, but he couldn't help but be slightly irritated. But at least getting there early meant that he had time to order a bottle of wine, though the single red rose in a glass case at the center of the table made the scene so romantic that he wished he had never signed up for the dating service. He didn't even know anything about the girl other than her name.
Perhaps it had been Vaisey's comments over the past few weeks that made him sign up, or perhaps the it was idea of spending yet another Valentine's Day alone while everyone at the office obsessed over their plans. Either way, he was regretting it now. Amongst his tendency not to get along with people, and to suffer when he was around them, Gray was spending a decently large amount of money to look good for a girl that he probably wouldn't even like. Knowing him, the evening would probably be cut short because one of them would storm out. Why did you think this was a good idea? Idiot! He couldn't help but mentally chide himself, wishing he had thought twice before sending in the form. Too late now.
He looked around again, keeping an eye out for any woman walking towards his table. This was taking too long. Screw the reservation and the plans and everything, he should probably leave. But he liked the cute little French restaurant, and remembered that all he had at home was cold pizza. With a sigh, Gray straightened his silverware, resolving to be patient. He was so focused on making sure that his cutlery was lined up parallel, trying to distract himself, that he didn't notice when a blonde girl made her way towards his table, a sign that the wait he was so studiously trying to forget about was over.