He sat, and waited, and waited.

The waiter looked at James “you don’t want to order anything?”

James smiled” no it’s okay, I’m waiting for someone.”

He was waiting for a few seconds, then minutes, then almost a complete hour.

He sighed , he knew this was going to happen, it happens every time.

He gets up and suddenly hears the door open.

And therein lies is the face of the person he was waiting for

She rushes to James table and apologizes profusely “I’m so sorry.. I wasn’t supposed to be late I-“

James gave a soft grin, at least Tessa didn’t bail on him like the others, he sat back down and signed for Tessa to sit as well

James titled his head “so, why were you late, something happened?”

Tessa rolled her eyes and leaned back into the chair, “yeah my ex appeared on my doorstep causing a commotion and trying to convince me to get back together”

James’ smile faded a little “oh…”

Tessa jumped back up and said “But obviously I said no!”

James nodded softly “right..”

The waiter walks up to them and noticed James isn’t sitting alone anymore, “so, what would you like to order?”

Tessa stretched her arms and leaned back down into the chair “I’d like a ribeye please, mashed potatoes for the side and cola for the drink,”

James smiled and said “ and I’d like a spaghetti please”

The waiter nodded and repeated the order for them to confirm, which they did, and he left them to wonder and chat alone.

“Anyways Gabriella-“ she looked confused “Gabriella??” I suddenly realized that was the name of my best friend and I quickly played it off “hahaha I’m sorry you just like-“ she gave me a raised eyebrow “you just look like a Gabriella you know haha”

She nodded slowly “rigghttt…” and it was awkward silence after that.” So uhh… James, do you have any- er- hobbies?” James laughed “other than eating or sleeping no.” She widened her eyes and looked down at the table with an expression that read ,*yikes*.

James quickly realised this “no no I was joking! Haha ! I -i like jogging…” she nodded slowly “cool…” and James trying to salvage the conversation with a topic changer “soooo, cats or dogs? What do you like more, I mean.” She awkwardly laughed “I’m allergic to both” and she grimaced, “listen, James I-“

The waiter waltzed up the table and gave them their orders, she trailed off and said “ah, the food” they each took their own order and began eating.

James ate his spaghetti and Tessa ate her ribeye, it was quiet, but the food was delicious. He laughed “hey the foods pretty good”

She smiled and said “yeah, seriously, it saved whatever the awkwardness we went through was”

He laughed and shook his head “yeah sorry, I get nervous on first dates..” she smiled “me too.. they always go so bad for some reason, but hey it really isn’t THAT bad” he took a bite of his Spaghetti “ye-um nom nom- just a bit awkward-om nom nom”

She laughed and rolled her eyes “gross! Didn’t your mom teach you to not eat with your mouth open?” she proceeded to dig into her untouched mashed potatoes with her spoon.

He quickly forced himself to swallow the food “yeah no totally sorry I-“ suddenly he felt a small bowl hit him on the head followed by a loud scream.

“IM SO SORRY, BUT THERES A COCKROACH IN THE MASHED POTATOES” the cockroach had wings. It started flying. The people in the restaurant were screaming and started running.

Tessa gagged “THATS SO GROSS! I ATE FROM THAT!”

James was at a loss for words. What the hell is he supposed to say or do right now, he just froze.

James barely managed to think of the sentence “Tessa uh I- should I help you or what I-“

Tessa started sobbing “I’m so sorry James, it’s very clear that we are just not meant to be together. The universe is just telling us- no SCREAMING at us, that this wasn’t meant to be”

He frowned and nodded “yeah… it’s fine..”

One of the waiters caught the cockroach and rushed over to the two just dated and immediately broken up couple, “I-I’m so sorry you don’t have to pay for the food, if you want anything else it’s on the house-“

Tessa gagged “thank you very much but I’m leaving.” And Tessa left the restaurant as dramatically as she entered, and James was left seating on his own, once again, for the millionth time