More Than I Could Ever Dream Of

The following morning, I woke up refreshed and happy, thinking about how my date went last night. It had been quite some time since I went out on a date, seeing how busy my life is as I have worked multiple jobs; I am working two as we speak. I had no intention of dating when I met Alex, but after that initial meeting, I wanted to go out on a date; he had me so flustered. One thing I have no intention of doing is inviting him into this shithole of a apartment that I live in because I do not want to scare him away.

I cleaned my place before hopping into the shower. While I was in the bathroom, my phone rang; it was my best friend, Miranda. I dashed off into my room with a towel wrapped around my body. I had no doubt that she wanted details from last night’s date.

“Hey.”

“Hey. What’s up?”

“Just got out of the shower. You?”

“I was hoping you’d tell me about all about last night’s date. You know, the one with Alex Gaskarth.”

I bit my lip, thinking about him.

“Do you wanna meet up and talk about it or-“

“I was thinking about meeting up at my place for lunch. I’ll even order in if you’d like.”

“I like the sound of that.”

“Perfect.” she squealed.

I shook my head and continued to get ready for the day. I was gone within twenty minutes and off to her apartment. The drive was relatively short and I arrived, only waiting three seconds for her to answer the door where I was bombarded with a hug.

"So, do you want to order something?" she said once I sat down.

"Thai?"

"I can always eat Thai."

After she ordered, she looked straight at me, barely able to sit still.

"What do you wanna know?"

"Everything."

"Everything?" I laughed.

"Of course. Have you just met me?"

I bit my lip, wondering where to start.

"Well, you already know what dress I wore. Thank you, by the way. Alex loved it. When he picked me up, he said that I looked beautiful, even more than the other day, but I don't know how that's possible; I was blushing from that very moment."

I was blushing again.

"Just as charming I see. No surprise there."

"He was chivalrous even before we headed to the restaurant, opening and shutting my car door. He took me to a place that neither one of us would ever be able to eat at."

"It's that expensive?"

"Yeah. So to say I was speechless, would be an understatement. I was flabbergasted when he said to order whatever.”

“Were you uncomfortable? I know I would be.”

“A little. Knowing how poor my family was growing up and how much I’ve been struggling as an adult, it was overwhelming. We got into talking about our lives with me immediately addressing that I already knew who he was and how All Time Low got through me at a tough time in my life.”

“Oh, did he dig into what you were going through?”

“He tried to, so he considerately let it go. We got into talk about ice cream, naturally, seeing how we met and things really went uphill from there. Toward the end of dinner, I mentioned how I could maybe make him my chicken marsala sometime….”

“Wow. You always tend to be shy right off the bat, but you were on a roll…”

“…and I did something I never do at the end of a date. I kissed him.” I squealed.

“Oh my God, Abigail Shaw! You broke a cardinal rule. Please tell me he kissed back.”

“After a few seconds. Fuck, he’s a great kisser. Anyway, he wants to see me again; I clearly felt the same way.”

“Holy shit. When do you think you’re gonna hear from him?”

“Sooner, rather than later. That date was the best one I have ever had and it’s not because of who it was. It was that amazing.”

“I love that it doesn’t matter how you grew up, what you’re going through… he likes you for you.”

“Part of me was sure he’d run for the hills once he saw where I lived, but he didn’t. He was too focused on me.”

“As he should be. You are a catch.”

I hadn’t felt like this in quite some time. I’ve been diagnosed with depression, and on top of all that, I’ve experienced countless hardships that no one should have to go through which have truly fucked with my self-esteem; having someone feel this way about is something I never thought I would have.

“I still can’t believe this happened though. I mean, meeting the frontman of my favorite band the way I did and he was immediately attracted to me and wanted my number, that’s something I marvel about.”

“And now, there’s probably gonna be a second date.”

“Probably.”

Although I was excited about the prospect of a second date, I was wondering what I was going to wear and that made me anxious.

“Let me know if you need help with an outfit for that date.”

“Chances are I will. I’ll let you know as soon as I know what we’re doing.”

“If it isn’t a surprise. He springs me as a surprise kind of guy.”

Soon, our food came and the rest of the afternoon was spent at her apartment as rain poured down in buckets outside. By the time I went to bed, I was tired and not looking forward to work the next day as I had my usual two jobs as a fry cook and waitress on Monday. Thoughts of Alex getting a hold of me would manage to get me through the worst day of the week.

Notes

Another story(Story #5 in the Abby/Alex universe), but it's the prequel I've been debating on writing for quite some time and I finally decided to go forward with it even though I'm still trying to write Thrive and hopefully, finish it. Enjoy!