“So how did it go?” Annie asked her best friend Kate.
“It was really awkward,” Kate responded.
“Why? What happened?”‘Annie asked.
“Yeah, I was kind of nervous, you know, never having done one of these Tinder blind date things before,” Kate started to explain. “So I walked into the coffee shop and saw that he was already waiting at the table. It looked like he was texting with someone,” she added.
“Anyway, I walked up to the table and introduced myself, but I must have startled him. He jumped to his feet and when he did, his chair fell backwards and crashed to the floor. Everyone in the coffee shop turned and looked.”
“Yikes,” was all Annie said.
“But then,” Kate continued, “he reached out to shake my hand and somehow managed to spill his coffee all over the table, including over his cell phone. He grabbed for his phone but it was wet and slipped from his hand and fell onto the floor. He bent over quickly to pick it up, but his head hit the edge of table hard and he knocked himself out.”
“Oh my God!” Kate exclaimed.
“Yeah,” said Annie. “Someone in the coffee shop called 9-1-1 and within a couple of minutes the paramedics got there, but by that time he had come to. They wanted to take him to the hospital to check for a concussion, but he insisted he was okay. He picked his phone, which had a busted screen, up off the floor and went to sit down at the table, but then he passed out and fell back down onto the floor. Fortunately, the paramedics were still there because they had ordered a couple of coffees to go.”
“Are you serious?” Annie said.
“Yeah,” responded Kate. “The paramedics got him into the ambulance and I rode in the back with him to the hospital. Long story short, he did have a concussion and they wanted him to stay there for a few more hours for observation or something.
“I asked him if he wanted me to stay there with him, but he said no,” Kate said. “In fact, he was kind of rude about it. When I asked if he’d like to see me again, he actually started to cry.”
“Yeah,” said Annie. “Awkward.”
Written for this week’s Time To Write prompt from Rachel Poli. We’re supposed to write about an awkward encounter between two characters or an awkward scene of some kind.
What a first date – lucky escape I reckon for both of them. Love it
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Thank you, Deb. It wasn’t meant to be, I guess.
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That’s a nice post. Perfectly plausible. I wonder if they ever met again..?
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Doesn’t seem likely, does it?
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You can be super pumped for a first date and then it ends up to be stranger danger.
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Haha! And she didn’t even get laid 😀 All for nothing…
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I think that goes way beyond awkward. I’ve had some difficult dates, but that’s a winner 🙂
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A litany of awkwardness you might say. Most entertaining though I have to say, well done good sir.
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I appreciate that, Michael.
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Now that is a date they will never forget. Great post!
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Indeed, an unforgettable date. Thanks.
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You’re welcome.
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Definitely an awkward situation! Nice job.
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Thank you, Rachel.
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