My Happily Never After
When I was 18, I went on my first date ever after non-stop pestering from my friend to get a glimpse of what it truly feels like.... I had grown up to view relationships as unnecessary because the whole thing made no sense to me at all so when I finally told my friend there was a girl I truly liked, he swore to make this supposed divine attraction work.
Her name was Justina but I called her Jina instead just so I can have a unique name of her strictly to myself and she simply adored her new nickname. Jina and I met on Facebook, instantly hitting things off with a little help from the summer air... We talked everyday, laughed and became each person's comfort even without any form of physical contact.... Jina was a super shy genius that was incredibly talented with drawing and the only thing I had going for me back then was my love for music which for some reason she found really attractive🤣🤣🤣.
The whole relationship uncertainty had been going on for over a year which was slowly eating me up inside and for the first time in a long time, I couldn't help but deny that all of me wanted to make all her all mine.. For an introverted person, it took a lot of guts to finally ask her out on a date and from the way she agreed to my request , something inside me was screaming "It is time for your own happily ever after". My buddy was right beside me when I asked her out via phone call and he told to fix the day for two days later to show her just how serious I was.
The day finally arrived, it was a Friday evening, the sun was still setting and my heart racing. This was my first date at a restaurant with a girl and I didn't want to mess it up so asked my friend for every tip he had in his repertoire but I still felt like I still needed more. Jina arrived about 37 minutes after I got to the location and seeing her up close for the first time, I subconsciously whispered to myself "This is God's greatest creation".
We walked into the restaurant together, sat in the most convenient space we could find while we waited for someone to take our order. A waiter walked up to us and asked us what we wanted with a smile on his face. I looked at her with the intent of telling her to make her request but before I could say anything, she told him that she would be having the same thing as me so we both settled for jollof rice and spaghetti. Before the waiter brought our meal, I engaged her in what I felt would keep her interested and from her response it seemed I was doing a pretty good job despite how nervous I was. Things were going smoothly, the food came just at the right time and after we were both done eating, we stayed back to converse some more before leaving. Back then I honestly thought that this was going to be the start of something beautiful and right before we left, I used the last remaining cash to buy her ice cream leaving just enough to pay for our transportation back home.
We spoke for a bit outside the restaurant, waved goodbye as I watched her enter a taxi back home while I did the same. Happy about the entire date, I nearly danced my way to my friend's place to tell him about my successful first date that will definitely lead into my happily ever after. I got to his place to find him patiently waiting for my return and before I could give him the details about everything, he told me to call her first to confirm if she got home safely. I tried calling her number countless times but for some reason it was not reachable. I logged in on Facebook to check on her only to find that she had blocked me there and from that alone, I realized she also blocked my number from calling.
I was heartbroken, hurt, empty cause I lowkey exhausted what little funds I had saved up and worse, I did not know what I did wrong. It took me three years before I even thought about asking any girl on a date again and till this very I have no clue why she did what she did but one thing was s for certain though SHE ATE MY MONEY🤣🤣🤣.