Blind Date

The characters were borrowed from Dreamer with her permission. Thanks, Dreamer ;)

Nikki banged her forehead against the wall. "Why am I here again?" she groaned, agonized.

"...Because Nathan tricked you into it?" Haley piped up helpfully. "Oh right, that." Haley peeked at her brother from the corner of her eye. He was grinning madly, barely suppressing the very obvious urge he had to laugh his ass off. Hesitantly, she said, "Why don't we call it off? You're so going to have your ass sliced off after this, Nate."

"No wayyyyy....Besides, he's here already." He cackled madly, eyes trained on an approaching figure. The three of them were currently seated in an open-air cafe, having tea together. Nathan ran to receive the person, still cackling in glee. Nikki moaned, burying her head into the fold of her arms.

"Haley, remind me what exactly happened again?"

"Well, you came over to my house like usual..."

"Uh huh..."

"And then Nate eavesdropped on us when we were talking about our crushes and our 'type' of guy..."

"Asshole..."

"Then he told us he knew a dude that was exactly your type and showed you a picture of said dude..."

"I'm soooo going to slice his ass..."

"Then you laughed and said that yeah he was exactly your type, and that you'd go on a date with him if you actually knew him."

"And then he said if he arranged for us to go on a blind date I would have to go." Nikki clawed at the table in stress. "I'm such an idiot to actually agree," she groaned again. "How should I have known they actually knew each other?"

"...Shouldn't it have been obvious?" Nikki huffed. "He is so dead he is so dead I am going to kill him after this..." She muttered within a breath.

Haley couldn't help it. "Well, that is if you don't die from embarrassment first." she said cheekily.

Nikki shot her a sour look, "You're shameless nowadays." Then all of a sudden she gave a great big sneeze. She rummaged through her messenger bag for her handkerchief while Haley frowned. "Are you sick?" she asked. The two dude were approaching the table, talking and laughing about something Haley couldn't hear.

Nikki blew her nose into her handkerchief, sighing loudly. "I didn't sleep well last night." Just then, Nathan and a golden-brown haired dude came over. Ignoring the dirty look Nikki shot him, he introduced them.

"Rafael, this is my sister Haley and her friend Nikki." Rafael smiled friendlily at the pair of them. "Hey." he greeted. "Hi." Haley smiled politely. She sneaked a glance at Nikki, and promptly dropped her jaw.

Nikki was looking up at Rafael all googly eyes. She looked as though she'd seen a god or at the very least Brad Pitt or something. There was a happy pink flowery aura shining so brightly all around her. Haley was dumbstruck. Nathan looked as if  he wanted to record their date on video.

"...Hey." Nikki smiled shyly--shyly!-- at Rafael. When he answered with his own friendly smile, Nikki quickly looked down and blushed. Nikki. Her best friend. Blushing because of a guy she'd met not two seconds ago.


I think she's fallen in love at first sight, Haley thought numbly. Nathan coughed, awkwardly trying to hide his laughter. "I think me and Haley will go over to the arcade to kill some humans on screen. You guys..." He sucked in a breath in an effort to retain his sanity, "have fun."

Rafael blinked in surprise. "Oh.Okay..." As he spoke, Nathan swiftly dragged Haley off to the arcade. Looking over her shoulder, Haley caught one last glimpse of Rafael seating himself across from Nikki.

Once they were a safe distance away, Nathan burst out in laughter he had struggled to keep in. Between breaths, he said, "Did you see her face?? Did you see her face??" He laughed again. "Oh she is so... lovestruck." More laughter. "You get it? Lovestruck?"

Haley didn't think she was going to recover from the shock she received. But then the look on Nikki's face flashed in her mind and she couldn't help but join her brother in laughter. Gasping for breath, she said breathlessly, "Let's go play some games before we lose it."

Nathan grinned crazily at her. "Do you even have a brain to lose?"

Half an hour later, they couldn't resist wanting to know what happened, so they sneaked back to the cafe and sat a few tables away from Rafael and Nikki, spying on the pair. Nikki seemed to bask in his attention, and she practically glowed every time Rafael laughed at something she said.

If only he would notice me too...Then maybe we'd be on a date like them. Haley frowned. Did she really just think that? Wow, Nikki was right. She was getting shameless. All of a sudden she heard a very loud noise from Nikki's table. Nikki was holding up her handkerchief, wiping her nose. Nathan was literally drowning in laughter, then a few moments later Rafael stood up and excused himself, leaving. Nathan and Haley walked over to Nikki.

She had a sad puppy look on her face, as if she wished Rafael hadn't left so soon. "What did I do wrong?" she asked. Nathan guffawed. Haley sighed mentally, then put a hand on her shoulder. "Nikki..."

"Yeah?"

"You remember the time Nathan's car got stuck in the mud and he kept revving the engine to get out of it?"

"Uh huh..."

"The way you were blowing your nose sounded exactly like it."