“I’m sorry”, was all I could say when I held her hands and she turned to leave. The look on her face showed that she was confused and lacked words to portray her emotions.
This was definitely not how I wanted this date to end, and even worse, I would want her sending me out of her life even as a friend for a very silly mistake. I asked her to sit and she did. One of the things I love about her is that she is very cool-headed, while I’m quite the opposite.
She quietly sat and waited for me to explain myself. For a split second, I thought about telling her how I really felt at the moment but I knew better than to ruin the moment once again. In my usual manner, I reached for my bag of jokes and pulled one on her. She laughed uncontrollably. I felt so content seeing her laugh. It meant everything.
When the day was over and we had to leave, I asked if I could call her at night. She replied in the affirmative. The feelings wouldn’t let me be. It kept tugging at my soul and pushing me to take that bold step of asking her to be my girlfriend. I couldn’t do it to her face, so I settled for aksing her over the phone. 
When I picked up the phone to place a call through to her, my heart began to race, I could hear the sounds of my own heart, and I was so certain, I was going to end up at the hospital as a result of a heart attack. Immediately she picked up, I suddenly felt at ease.
I could feel her smile at the other end and knew that night was about to go down in history. I tried beating about the bush with so many unnecessary topics and was still worried she might push for ending the conversation soon. Along the line, I finally mustered the courage to ask the question that had been on my mind for a long time now.
I asked her; “Can I ask you a question?” She replied “Of course you can” Then I said, “When you think about your future, do you see me appear there?”
She went quiet for a minute, but I knew she was still on the line because I could hear her breathing. I decided I was going to wait till she said her mind, no matter how long it took.
She cleared her throat, and then I knew she was ready to talk. She said…
TO BE CONTINUED
