[14] The Worst Date

The worst date I ever went on was a year ago. I met this guy *Sam at work. He was a cool kid and he knew he was attractive. Every girl at the deli liked him, so they were really jealous of me when he asked me on a date. He told me he would bring one of his friends and I could bring one of mine and we could set them up on a blind date and we would double with them. I obviously brought my best friend *Sarah. Sarah is a beautiful girl and she is the sweetest person on this planet. I knew I would have a good time with her no matter how things were with Sam.
     Sam and his friend *Joe came and picked us up at my house. We got in the car and drove to Airborne, which is a giant room filled with trampolines and foam pits. We ran around there for a while and it was so much fun. Sam was a great date, not too pushy, not too distant. I was impressed where this was going!
     After Airborne, we went to the movie theater. It was the opening weekend of the second movie in the Hunger Games series: Catching Fire. It was about 7 pm, and the soonest showtime we could get into was 9:30. We agreed and the boys bought our tickets for us! Joe and Sarah were getting to know each other and they looked happy. I could tell that Joe was not Sarah's type, but they still had a great time laughing and getting to know each other.
      Since the movie didn't start for an 2 and a half hours, we decided to go to my house and cook some food and play some games. The whole date goes downhill from here. We get to my house where my mom had pulled out some ingredients to make yummy tacos. Sam didn't say a word to me the whole time. I was so confused. What did I do? Was it something I said?? I figured he probably didn't feel good, so I moved on from the fact he was sitting quiet at the end of the table. We finished cooking the food and went to the game room to play some games. I had known Sam long enough that I knew exactly what he was doing to Sarah. He was flirting with her. It started not very obvious. I hinted at Sarah and she was completely clueless. After a little while, it became very obvious that he was picking up on my best friend on our date at my house. For the whole two and a half hours, he didn't say a word to me. I tried to not let it bother me at first, but after Sarah was flirting back pretty strong, I was angry. He had no right flirting with my best friend right in front of me while on a date with me and my best friend was betraying me. I wanted the night to be over.
       It was finally time to go to the movies. I was relieved that we could leave my house and go sit in quiet where no flirting would happen. We ended up driving two cars because the drive from the theater back to my house back to his would have taken forever, and we had to get home in time for curfew. We got to the movie theater and the minute we got out of the car, Sam was talking to me again. I was still very angry, but it was nice to get a couple words from my date. We handed our tickets and walked into the theater. It is common knowledge to let the girls sit together in the middle, and their dates on the outside. Sam apparently has no common knowledge and he sat in the middle next to Sarah next to Joe. That left me on the end by Sam with a stranger beside me that had the most obnoxious laugh and happened to think that everything was funny.
       I was fuming. I didn't say anything about it though because I knew that once this night was over, Sam would never ask me out again and we could just be co-workers.
       I sat there as the movie began trying not to cry. This night was supposed to be perfect, and he just ignored me and flirted with my best friend. About twenty minutes into the movie, he whispered something to me which I didn't hear. I felt his arm move and his hand slid into mine. WHAT IS HE THINKING. As soon as he grabbed my hand, I let go, didn't look at him, stood up, and left the theater. I texted Sarah and told her we had to leave and she should come out. I hid behind a giant cardboard display for a different movie just in case Sam came out looking. I got a text back from Sarah saying that she was going to stay and finish the movie. She was going to make me go home alone and stay with two guys she met that night. I couldn't believe that she was doing this. I looked around. Sam never came out to find me. I was so done and left. I drove home alone. That was the end of Sam.

*Names have been changed