So in a bit I'm going on a first date. I didn't go with roses, because I don't quite know if the feeling is mutual. I guess I will find that out tonight. We're going out for dinner in stead of seeing a movie. I think my second call was a little more coherent. Thank god she was ok with my restaurant of choice, although she hasn't been there.

Friday the 13th, could I've picked a worse day to go on a first date?! Although since my luck is always a little weird, this might be the perfect day for a first date. At least it'll be easy to remember if we end up together.

Now I have this card in front of me to go with the flowers ... on the front it says "that deserves flowers". Now inside it will say ... uhm ... "for the girl with the prettiest smile." Actually it sounds better in Dutch: "Voor het meisje met de allermooiste glimlach."

Deep breath. Remember to think before you speak. Talk slow. Talk slow. Ok. I think I'm all set.

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Six hours later...

That went pretty well actually. I think I only turned into a babbling idiot three or four times. I felt strangely comfortable around her. I was able to be myself so my mind didn't work at hyper speed. It's then that I turn into a babbling idiot you see.

I met up with her at her parent's. I gave her the flowers, which she wasn't expecting. She already had her coat on and was ready to go, but obviously we had to go back inside to put the flowers in some water. I met her parents, who turned out to be friendly people (I was a little nervous about that). I tucked the little card away between the stems so it wasn't visible. She almost wanted to put them in a vase, but didn't and left it to her mom so we could leave. So everything went according to plan. I didn't mean for her to find that card until after I had left.

We had dinner at the restaurant I picked. The food was great and we talked endlessly about all sorts of things. Most of the time it was a getting-to-know-someone type of conversation. Interests, disinterests, a-short-history-of-me, that type of stuff. We shared dessert. One dessert, two spoons, I told the waiter. She let me have the cookie hehehe.

She didn't mind waiting two hours for a movie to start so we killed some time with visiting my room. Small room, short visit. Then we traveled to the boulevard and had some tea. We had to rush back in order to make it in time for the movie only to find out it was sold out.

So she invited me back to her parent's. Her parents had a Mac. I think I managed to avoid drooling. We watched some TV, but half way some movie she was yawning and I was pretty sleepy too, so I decided it was time to go home.

Just before I left she complimented me on my coat. It was sort of out of the blue. I wonder if LC had something to do with that.

While I was waiting for the tram I texted her telling her she should have a closer look at the flowers I gave her. She texted me back asking if I still thought she had such a beautiful smile. I replied with "Of course," and wished her goodnight.

I don't think my night could have ended any better than that. We spent six hours together :-O I'm not entirely sure she got the message that I 'm romantically interested in her. I mean, she didn't act like she did. She invited me to her apartment in the city where she goes to school though (not the one I have my room).

I had some other things I wanted to write about. Of course I've been analyzing my time with her from the moment I left. But I think that's the one thing I should avoid. Over-think or over-analyze stuff. I should just go slow and whatever happens, happens.

To be continued...