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“I had a great time tonight. Thanks for getting me out of my comfort zone. It was fun trying something new.”
“Don’t mention it. I’m glad you liked it. You’ll have to tell me how things go with the girl who gave you her number earlier.”
“Sure… So when should we meet up next?” he asked. “Since it seems you apparently know your stuff.”
“You want to try for next weekend? I can’t think of anything I have planned so far.”
He smiled. “Yeah, okay. Next weekend sounds good. Friday?”
“Let’s try for Saturday. One of my favorite cover bands is playing at the Daylee Grind Saturday night, and I’m thinking that will be the perfect setting for the next time.”
“That’s Halloween, right? No big costume rager?” he joked.
“No.” I laughed. “I’m sure they might have a theme or something, but it should be pretty laid back,” I explained.
“Alright, sounds good,” he agreed.
As the cab turned the corner to the street in front of my apartment, I looked over at Dylan. He looked so angelic and peaceful there in the dark. The headlights of the passing cars swept over his strikingly handsome face.
He didn’t need someone like me helping him find a girl. What was I really doing here? What did I really know about him? I would need to get to know him a lot better to really make this worthwhile for him. Otherwise, I would just be wasting his time.
He got out of the car and walked around to get my door for me. Before I turned to walk into my building, I looked up at him.
“Dylan?”
“Yes?”
“You said you wanted a girl with a mind of her own. The thing about girls with minds of their own is, you have to try harder to catch them. And work harder to keep them. They have higher standards than the girls you’re used to dating, than those girls over by the bar tonight with their dignity hanging out.”
I thought he might say something, but he just looked down into my eyes silently in contemplation. After a few seconds, he finally nodded, silently acknowledging my words.
I smiled at him, and to help lighten the mood before I broke away and walked inside, I told him, “Nice moves, by the way.”
“Right back at ya, Zia,” he said with a laugh.
“Oh, and Dylan?”
“Yes, Zia?”
“If you’re free next Friday, maybe it would be a good idea for us to meet up? I need to do my due diligence if I’m going to do this right. I need to find out a little more about you. You know, to figure out what kind of girl you would really like.”
“Okay, Friday. I’ll come by after practice.”
As I walked back up to my apartment that night, I couldn’t help but notice the broadening grin spread across my face.
Round one was a success, and I found I couldn’t wait for round two.
CHAPTER 3: DYLAN
After a long week of classes, Thursday finally rolled around, and Zia and I had made plans for our first meet-up that Friday. I was looking forward to it, and was anxious to see where we would go.
When I got out of my last class Thursday evening, I rode the campus shuttle to the East end of campus that was nearest to my apartment. When I stepped off the bus, a couple of girls stopped me and tried to make small talk. I didn’t want to be rude, so I stayed and obliged for a few minutes before going on my way.
The next bus that came around stopped, and I noticed Zia stepping off before heading in the same direction as me. She must live close by me, I thought. Great, I could catch her and we could figure out in person what the plan would be for tomorrow night.
I wanted to catch up with her, so I stole myself away as quickly as I could, but she had gotten a good head start on me. I had to jog to bridge the distance to make sure I didn’t lose her, in case she went a different direction that I didn’t see.
When I got close behind her, I called her name to get her attention. “Zia? Wait up!”
