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“Is this some kind of dare?” I ask still a little confused.
He shakes his head. “Nope. I’m here of my own free will.”
“Okay… I’m not interested and you look like every typical frat boy, not my type,” I’m totally lying but he doesn’t need to know that. “No offense,” I add.
His eyes narrow. “Saying no offense doesn’t mean I’m not going to take offense, beautiful. Come on, you don’t even know me. Take a chance, think about it. You and me, a date. Anywhere you want. Do you like sushi?”
I groan softly, looking up at the sky and cursing my luck. Then I’m looking back at him.
“Alright fine, I’ve thought about it,” I say. He perks up, looking expectant. “After much consideration, I’m going to have to decline. Sorry.”
His face falls. I get the feeling he’s not used to being rejected. And I get it. I’m sure he doesn’t get rejected often with a face like that. But sometimes you need to do God’s work and keep guys like him humble. I push past him, going on my way. Of course he follows me.
“You’re like a lost puppy,” I mutter. “You realize that.”
“Oh chill out, princess. I’m not following you, our destinations just align.”
“Yeah, right,” I say sarcastically.
We continue walking. Him a couple paces behind me. A minute or two later and I suddenly can’t hear his footsteps anymore. I turn around and realize he’s turned a corner. I watch his back as he walks away, surprised he actually gave up that easily.
Just when I’m about to move along, he suddenly turns, walking back towards me with a grin. I arch an eyebrow as he stops in front of me.
“So, how did that feel?”
I shake my head in confusion, “What?”
“Me leaving. Let me guess, you got this sinking feeling in your gut. You were probably thinking it was a mistake to turn me down. Listen to those thoughts, beautiful and just go on one date with me.”
Despite myself, I laugh. “Yeah, I definitely wasn’t thinking any of those. If I’m being honest, I was just glad you were leaving.”
“Then why were you staring at me for so long as I walked away?”
My mouth falls open. “I wasn’t staring.”
“You were. For about twenty seconds. I counted. If you turned around and left after ten seconds, I would have given up and accepted you weren’t interested. But you didn’t. You waited, meaning you are interested,” he says, green eyes gleaming.
My head tilts to the sight as I look up at him.
“You’re not very good at taking no for an answer, are you?”
He shakes his head. “Nope. Unfortunately it’s a product of my upbringing. I can tell you all about it if you go out with me.”
I sigh softly. “Fine. I’ll go on one date, just to get you to back off.”
“How enthusiastic,” he says, with a small wink.
I roll my eyes. Why do I have a feeling I’m going to regret this?
He brings out his phone and hands it to me. “I’m going to need your number so I can text you.”
I grudgingly input my number and he places his phone back in his pocket.
“Just one slight thing and I feel the need to apologize about it,” he tells me.
“What?” I question curiously.
“I’m notoriously famous on campus. Girls who go out with me tend to become crazy obsessed with me. It’s an unfortunate consequence of my charms. I’d hate for you to turn out like them, but it might be inevitable.”
