Love at First Sight

I laugh loudly, shaking my head in amusement. “You look fine… especially since you’re only here to help me out, remember?” I give her an accusatory look. “You’re just going to check up on Logan, am I right?”

Her face stains with embarrassment. “Oh, I don’t know. I keep looking at the picture you sent me and it’s hard to not notice how gorgeous he is. What’s his name again? I know you told me but I was distracted…”

“Alistair.” Going with his full name seems like the smartest thing to do. “He’s nice, right?”

I can feel an anticipation building, I’m about to really lose control in a moment. This is just the best thing ever. I’ve got happiness now, and I’m more than pleased to share it. I have an image in my mind about how incredible this night will be and I can just see it coming to life. This just has to work out, it has to.

“Oh, look, there they are.” I point towards the door. “Logan and Alistair, can you see them?”

Katherine’s face pales and she darts her eyes rapidly between me and the boys, looking slightly panicked. I smile as brightly as I can to reassure her. This is going to be fine! I know she hasn’t been on a date for a while, but this is going to be fine. It can’t be awkward anyway because me and Logan are here. We can keep the conversation flowing and make sure there aren’t any tense moments associated with first dates.

“It’s okay.” I take her hand and wink. “It’ll be fine, just trust me.”

Logan sits beside me and Al takes his seat next to Katherine. I feel like a proud momma bear as they share an awkward smile. This is the start of something amazing, I can’t wait to see it bloom.

“So, Katherine, this is Logan and Alistair, and this is Katherine.”

It’s a bit weird as they all shake hands, everyone else seems to be experiencing some tension that I can’t quite see for myself, but it’ll be fine. I’m not too worried. It’ll break, I’ll find a way to make it good for everyone again.

“I have a good idea.” I smile around the table. “Let’s get a bottle of wine.”

What the hell happened here? I clutch onto my head in distress while I watch the scene unfolding in front of me. I think it’s safe to say that the wine was a bad idea. It was good at first, it loosened everyone up and we all started having a real good time. Then Al made some silly comment about politics and it set Katherine off. It seems that while they have a lot in common making them well suited, it’s also a bad thing. They’re hot headed, argumentative, and cannot seem to let things go and the more they drink the worse it gets.

“I don’t think you understand what you’re talking about.” Katherine shakes her head, fury exploding across her expression. “You have no idea. You’re just pulling facts out of your ass right now.”

At first, I thought it might be sexy arguing, the sort with an undertone of sexual fission, but it very quickly escalated into something so much more. Something highly unpleasant. I can barely stand to be around it.

“Ever heard of a cell phone?” Al drags his phone out of his pocket. “You can just look it up right now. It’s a fact. You just cannot hack the fact that you’ve lost. What is wrong with you?”

“I’m not wrong and just because something is on the Internet doesn’t make it true.”

“But being right makes it true! It doesn’t mean it isn’t right, either. Don’t be crazy””

“Don’t be so stupid. You’re just saying stuff for the sake of it. You’re an idiot.”

“I’m an idiot?” Al spits. “You’re just being stubborn. I’ve never heard anything like it. You have such a closed off mind, you should just open up a little bit. Try and see things from somewhere other than your ass.”

“So, because I don’t agree with you, I must be wrong? And I’m narrow minded?”

“Yes, you are! You’re narrow minded because you hate losing and you won’t accept it.”

“Urgh you are ridiculous. I cannot begin to even speak to you. You’re just too dumb.”

“Maybe we should talk about something else…” I interrupt lamely, but neither of them seem to hear me. They are locked in a battle that’s completely out of control. “We could discuss, I don’t know, anything else…”

I give Logan a look as the argument escalates. This isn’t what I wanted for tonight, it’s going horribly wrong. I just thought it would go well, I had this amazing idea in my brain and it’s collapsed. I suppose the only good thing to come from this is that Al is making Logan look a lot better by default so I can’t see Katherine having any issue with us anymore. I don’t need her permission, but I’d like to have her blessing.

“You are ridiculous.” Katherine starts banging her fists down on the table. I suppose we’ve given up decorum now. I dare to look around just to see if everyone is watching us, which they are. It’s discrete, they are all looking out the side of their eyes, but I can feel it prickling over me. “You’re just a stupid idiot.”

Al jumps to his feet and glowers at all of us. “Right, I’m not going to sit around here to be insulted. I’m going to the bar. I need a fucking drink if I’m going to deal with this bullshit anymore.”

He storms off leaving a trail of destruction behind him. Katherine looks so furious I think she might pop a vein in her forehead and me and Logan probably look as dumb struck as one another. We haven’t ever had any sort of argument like that, or any disagreement at all really, and this is quite unpleasant. I’m glad we don’t have that sort of drama filled life. thigs might have moved very quickly between us but it’s always been smooth.

“Erm, I suppose I’ll go and try to calm Al down.” I push myself into a standing position because I feel responsible for the whole night. “Will you two be okay here? Hopefully it won’t take me long.”

Sadness sinks in my chest as I walk across the restaurant. I so wanted us to double date, I so wanted it all to be awesome. I suppose it doesn’t matter though, we can still all be friends. As long as there isn’t any alcohol around it should be just fine…

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