Flash Date

Probably the most random "date" ever. I'm not even sure what to call it but it was really fun whatever it was.

I was sitting alone in this little cafe across from my college people watching. That evening, I was driving to a nearby city to visit some friends and go to a concert, but they were still in class so I was just killing time and walking around town. (My foreign friends say they like it here because it's like our town has a city center where everyone can gather and walk and there's only pedestrian traffic.)

While waiting, I was talking to the guy behind the counter who I have become friends with over the years since I came there all the time. His friend came in and plopped himself right down at my table and immediately starts teasing me for 1. sitting alone and 2. ordering something from the breakfast menu at 4pm. He was pretty funny and cute and hey, it's not like he was interrupting anything.

We'll call him Louis. Louis is spanish and has a thick accent which I think he purposely keeps to woo the ladies.

Louis grabbed my hand and said,

"Hey chica, let's go for a ride on my scooter! I'll bring you back here in time to leave for your friends."

I had just met this guy maybe fifteen minutes ago. I looked at his friend and said,

"If you don't see me for a few days, tell the police this kids name."

And then I left with this guy I didn't know on the back of his scooter.

We drove all around the city and found a fair- he even won me a stuffed dragon!

Then we drove around the historic city houses for a while... and he dropped me off right where we started.

It was pretty amazing. Truthfully, I have never heard from him again; but you know what? that's okay. It is probably in my top five favorite random moments in life. Good for Louis. Hope you're doing well.

I was leaving for France the next week or so, and my mom was so worried I would hop on some French boys scooter that I didn't know. Before I left she warned,

"You can't just go hopping on cute boy's scooters, you know?!?!"