Prompt 430 - Blind Dates - 1. Prompt 430 - Creative

I cringed when I opened my email to see the mass invite to our companies Charity’s Night Out. As I read through the email and see which restaurants have been chosen for each charity, I balked at the words ‘mandatory attendance required unless otherwise excused by your supervisor.’ I hated social functions and I hated eating out at restaurants so I sent off a quick email to Emily, my supervisor, telling her that I couldn’t make it because I didn’t know of anyone to go with or to invite with me.

That matter resolved, I quickly dived into my work, ignoring everything around me like I normally do. That was until I heard a knock on my cubicle wall. I turned and saw Emily standing there with a huge grin on her face and what I could only describe as a glint of evil in her eyes. “What’s up?” I asked her already fearing the worst.

“Well,” she said slowly “I think I have a solution to your issue with Charity’s Night Out. I have a friend who’s absolutely perfect for you. I’ve been meaning to talk to you about him for a while and well, now seems as good of a time as any.”

I tilted my head back and groaned, my worst fears coming true. A. Blind. Fricking. Date. I looked back at Emily and shook my head, “That’s okay, you don’t need to…”

“No problem at all. In fact I already invited him and told him all about you!” She said with evil glee. “I’m certain you’ll love him!”

Not seeing a way out of this I sighed and looked at her “Well, what’s he like?”

“Oh you’ll see, he’s really special!” She said laughing as she walked away from my cubicle and chuckled while I just slumped in my chair defeated.

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So a few days later and I’m standing in the lobby of my job looking for Emily and getting more and more nervous by the minute. When groups of people start leaving, I began to think that Emily and/or my blind date weren’t going to show up. I smiled in relief until I felt a tap on my shoulder and the tension that was slowly dissipating shot right back. “Aaron, come over here and meet my friend and your blind date.”

I followed Emily and when she introduced me to my blind date I couldn’t help but burst out laughter that brought everyone’s attention over to me. I could also hear a deep laugh as well coming from in front of me and when I was finally able to get control over myself I looked at Emily who looked extremely confused.

“Emily,” I said catching my breath. “You’re right in that my blind date is something special. That’s my cousin Alex.”

Alex busted out laughing and I joined him, all the while Emily stood there sputtering her words.

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