r/jazcarter

u/jazcarter

I'm going on a date

I would like you to forget everything I said in the past Reddits. Ignore it. So I have a date on Saturday with this girl from class. Whoooo. I’m really excited

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Jazmine knew she was going to sleep soon, so she decided she wasn’t going to text her back that instant but in the morning. They had class together, so she opted for just talking about the date in person.

Jazmine walked into class and saw Rose pulling out her laptop. Jazmine sat down and said, “Hi, so I have to work until 1 pm on Saturday so I won’t be able to go at 12 pm. Maybe after work, around 3? If you’re not busy?”

Rose was a little taken aback by Jazmine’s suddenly appearing in class. She took a few seconds and collected her thoughts. “Yes, I am not doing anything at that time, so 3 pm is cool. I’ll meet you by the library around then, yeah?”

Jazmine nodded her head in approval to the plans and they listened to their professor’s lecture. They took notes, nothing special.

For the rest of the week, Jazmine went to class, went to work ate at the dining hall and spent time with Rayvn. She tried not to think much about the date, because her heart would pound, and she would get all happy. She’ll be in class or just walking on campus and she would just giggle randomly thinking about the date. That caused many people to look at her weirdly. She also didn’t want to overhype the date on Saturday or get too excited.

It’s the day of the date, and she just got back from work and all she wanted to do was take a nap. It was 1:15 pm, so she had some time to kill before the date, so she did exactly that, take a nap.

“Jazmine, you better get up and get ready for this date. You have to shower and pick out an outfit and that is definitely going to take you some time. You also have to shave.” Rayvn yelled at Jazmine.

Jazmine woke from her nap and looked at the time, 1:30. She was asleep for 15 minutes.

“The date is at 3 pm. It would not take me an hour and a half for me to get ready and find an outfit. I don’t need to shave because nothing is going to happen for her to see the unshaven parts of my body.” Jazmine responded annoyed and wanting to go back to sleep.

“Fine, what are you going to wear, something chic, classy, or something casual and cute? Do you have any outfits in mind? If you do, you can go back to sleep.” Rayvn sassed.

At first, Jazmine didn’t know what to wear. Should she get all cute, if she did she would have to do her hair, which would take her about an hour and a half. It takes a while for her curls to air dry, but not too long. If she was just casual, she could put it in a sleek bun and not her regular messy unbrushed bun. She didn’t want Rayvn to know she didn’t know what to wear, so she just went to the closet and picked some items that would be cute and casual. She picked out black skinny jeans, a white lace top, with her black and white checkered vans. When Jazmine showed Ravyn, she looked impressed.

“Something casual, if she’s not going to like me like this, then it’s not my problem. Wake me up in 15 minutes please and thank you.”

Fifteen minutes passed and Rayvn pushed off the bed and Jazmine landed on the floor with an “ow”.

“You told me to wake you and I did. Time to shower and get ready!” Rayvn was a little too excited for this date.

Jazmine took her shower and got dressed for her date. Was she nervous? Yes. Was she excited? Kind of. Who knows what’s going to happen. This is her first date and she didn’t know what to expect. Does she open the door for Rose, does she pulls out her chair, she’s not paying, but should she? Would it be rude to not do all of those things, what if Rose is expecting it? Is she also expecting them to do something after the date?

“Are you wearing a bra?” Rayvn asked. Jazmine shook her and Rayvn continued with, “You can’t expect her to not take your clothes off when you’re not wearing a bra.”

“What I wear, shouldn’t make people expect something from me. If I don’t want to wear a bra, that doesn’t mean I want to have sex, it just means I didn’t think a bra would look good with this shirt.” Jazmine responded.

“Ok boomer,” Rayvn said.

Jazmine left her dorm around 2:45 pm to get to the library on time to meet Rose. When she got there, Rose wasn’t there and had to wait ten minutes. Then Rose came and she led them to this restaurant off-campus.

It wasn’t too far, but it was a five-minute walk. When they got to the restaurant, there was a couple and a female was holding the door for Jazmine while the couple was leaving. Jazmine got the door and held it for Rose. Rose said “thanks” and they walked to the front desk. The restaurant reminded Jazmine of Fridays or Applebees, it was pretty casual. Jazmine was happy with what she wore. They were seated at a booth and given menus.

Within a few minutes, they were asked what they wanted to drink and Jazmine got water with no lemon and Rose got Sprite with lemon.

“You look really cute tonight,” Rose rushed out, blushing a little.

“Thank you, so do you. You get lemon for your sprite?” Jazmine asked trying to change the subject.

“Yes, it tastes really good, don’t knock it till you try it. I’ll let you have a taste of my drink.” Rose responded.

Jazmine smiled and nodded as they looked at their menus. They were silent, but it wasn’t an awkward silence but a comfortable one.

Their waiter came back and gave them their drinks and asked, “Are you ready to order, or would you like a few more minutes?”

When they nodded their heads, he asked, “Would you like an appetizer for starters or do you just want to order your entrees now?”

Jazmine let Rayvn decide since she was paying and she choose to just order entrees. Jazmine ordered a cheeseburger with fries while Rose got a caesar salad with grilled chicken and bacon bits. Rose also asked for ranch on the side, a lot of it.

When the waiter left, they were laughing and flirting, just having a great time getting to know each other until they got their food. For a few minutes, they didn’t say a word, the food must’ve been pretty good to keep those lovebirds silent.

“What was your upbringing like? You don’t have to answer if you don’t want to.” Jazmine asked suddenly.

“I don’t mind. My family is very religious. My father is a pastor and he owns his own Christain church. Being brought up in a Christian family, I was told being gay was a sin, but for some reason, I would always get weird feelings about girls. It happened a lot in high school, I was scared and thought I was going to go to hell for taking part in activities with girls. I thought females were my forbidden fruit, dangling there, but I couldn’t eat it. I decided to just try it out and see where it would take me so I’m here now.” Rose explained.

“Oh wow, that’s really crazy, you’ve had these feelings for a while, but you’re straight?” Jazmine asked, but felt bad right after.

“Yea, I am straight, I actually don’t know what those feelings were, are. I don’t know if it is attraction, lust or something. Until I figure that out, that is when I would change my label.” Rose responded attentively.

“That’s really cool, I kind of understand,” Jazmine said, with a little smile, blinded by Rose’s beauty, she couldn’t see the pain that was to come.