I loosened up and looked back forward. I wasn’t used to being pursued, especially in such a fast manner.
“Sorry…I guess you just threw me for a loop.”
“Look I know you’ve had a rough couple of years but just know I’m not trying to use you or pull off a prank. I just wanna get to know you on a date. I swear. Oh hey look we’re here.”
Jon’s family’s place was an above average Chinese restaurant. One of those places you would go Brunch on a Sunday. It looked nice and definitely felt like they had more food than General Tso’s Chicken and Beef and Broccoli.
When we walked in, Jon yelled something in Chinese at his mom and she came over.
“Hi! I’m Ming.” His mom had an adorable Chinglish accent to it. “Are you his new girlfriend?”
“Uhh what?”
“Mom I know how supportive you are of me but can you not embarrass me immedatley?”
They went back and forth in Chinese for a bit then Jon told me to go sit at a booth while he takes care of ordering.
I sat down and pulled out my phone. Jenna had texted me about 30 times since I told her that I was going out on a date.
“Are you ok?”
“If he pulls anything stupid call me immedatley.”
“Seriously be careful.”
“You there?”
I laughed as I saw the level of panic that she was currently in. I quickly texted her back that I was fine and she was on emergency dial if anything went wrong.
As soon as I finished the text Jon slid into the other side of the booth.
“I ordered noodles and chicken. I wasn’t sure about your diet so I didn’t get anything weird don’t worry.” He really did have an incredible smile.
“I can eat anything, I travel with my parents all over the world in the summer.”
“Oh so that’s why you’re never here in the summer. I was talking to Jenna about you and she wouldn’t give me details about your whereabouts now I know.”
“Yeah well she thinks you’re up to no good so good luck getting her approval if you wanna go any further.” I looked at another 5 messages from her.
“Put your phone away I wanna get to know you not her.”
I threw my phone in my hoodie pocket and started talking to Jon about me and my life so far. We talked about music and our hobbies. He was into Electronic Music as much as I was which was a very nice surprise. I told him about all the festivals I couldn’t wait to attend. We finished up dinner and sat there talking about plans for the future as Jon had just turned 18 a couple weeks ago. I looked down at my phone and realized we had been talking for well over two hours.
“I think it’s about time to get going as much fun as this was.”
“Oh so you had fun?”
“A lot more than I thought I would have with you honestly.”
“Wanna go back to your place and keep the night going?”
“Look I’m not trying to lose my virginity to the first guy to take me on a date.”
“Oh I’m your first? I had no idea.” He said very sarcastically.
“You’re really helping your case here Jon.”
“I’m not trying to get into your pants unless you want me to Jason, I’m just saying I have nothing else to do tonight and we can go back to your place and watch Netflix, I’m not trying to be your boyfriend just yet because I know you’re not ready. Hell you’re leaving for England for a month when school lets out anyways. I’m just looking for a friend and certainly won’t say no if you wanna take things further.” Jon got up to clean up the plates. “Not all of us are douchebags like Mark. I hope I showed you that today.” He walked away and give me a minute to myself.
This really was a strange feeling, someone making friends with me out of the blue. I was still pretty skeptical but I figure it can’t hurt with Jenna looking out for me.
“So is my night with you ending here or are we off to your place?”
“I think this is where you drop me off at home and we call it a night.”
“Aww that’s a shame. At least you honestly enjoyed yourself right?”
“Yes Jon I promise I had a great time.”
Jon shouted something in Chinese at his mom and grabbed his keys and motioned me back to his car.
Since that date I’ve seen Jon a couple of times. He’s been over my place with Jenna and we sat around and watched TV. I was very cautious with him but slowly but surely he was growing on me. I hadn’t seen him since I came back from England in August so it was a real surprise to see him here now.
“Well you never told me when you were coming back from England so I had no idea where you were.” Jon moved from his car closer to me. “I missed you a lot Jason…”
“Why on earth did you miss me of all people?”
“Because I can’t do this to just anyone.” And with that he grabbed me, pressed my back against my house and kissed me.