First Date [Terry]

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A date! Sam grinned at herself in the mirror as she held up two outfits she was deciding between. True, Terry had seen her in her pajamas for that matter, since she had once stayed at his home for a few days to keep him company after he lost his brother. She still worried about him now, but it was a relief to see him frequently when she worked at his coffee shop. He seemed to be handling things fairly well now, getting through life one day at a time. That was the best anyone could wish for him at this point. And then one day, yesterday, he had surprised her… by asking her out on a date. Naturally, she had said yes. Since Robin had none-too-easily let it slip that he didn’t nor ever would have feelings for her, she’d cut off her own feelings for him as best she could. Which also helped because his death didn’t hit her as hard as it would have otherwise. Still hard, but not as hard. She still had considered him a friend, after all. Then she met Terry. At first she had thought they could be fantastic friends. Until she realized she was developing feelings for him. She didn’t want to ruin anything, so she acted the friend part her best. Until he asked her out. Then the butterflies in her stomach really went crazy. Now… now that it was half an hour away, well, they were doing cirque du soleil in her stomach.

Which led her to here: picking out the perfect thing to wear. Her first date with Terry. Actually… her first date ever, for that matter. She’d never been one for dating, had a few crushes, sure, but nothing had ever happened. Until now. Until Terry. She nodded to herself in the mirror and set down the shorts and blouse, and opted for the cute dress. It was her first time wearing it, and she thought it an appropriate time to take it out for a test run. After all, she wanted to look perfect. Or as close to it as she could. She ran a brush through her hair and pinned it back on the sides. Hmm, makeup. She had some foundation, but that was about it. She picked up the little container and looked back in the mirror. She wasn’t a supermodel or anything; there were imperfections on her face. Things the foundation would hide. But at the same time, like she’d said, he’d seen her in her pajamas. Without makeup. Bedhead. The whole nine. She set the foundation back in its drawer. No, she was going to go natural today. Like most every day, really. She wanted to look nice for him, but she still wanted to look like herself.

So she grabbed her purse with her apartment keys and left, locking the door behind her, and headed for the forum. It was a beautiful day. The sun was shining, not too hot, not too cold. There were a few fluffy white clouds in the sky, but not so many as to blot out the brilliant blue sky. She couldn’t help but smile, if not for the occasion, then at least for the good weather. When she got to the forum, she took a seat on the edge of the large fountain in the middle and smoothed her dress over her lap. There was no sign of him yet, but according to her watch, she was still a bit early.

Tag: Terry!
Word Count: 585
Notes: dress

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Tag: @sam

Word: 469

Notes: This two are cute!!!!

Meeting Sam had been a blessing for Terry. The moment he met her, it was as if she had carried light upon his life, he couldn't describe what she represented in his life. Even at the beginning when they were only friends, he couldn't imagine, who she really was, who she would become in the future. At first, she was only a cool woman who he could talk to, then she became a woman who he could talk and also laugh, she made him forget the pain he hid inside his heart. Then she started working with him in the coffee shop, she also became someone he could trust. He could call... more than a friend.

Then the moment he realized about it, he also realized that if he had remembered how to smile was because of her, she had been with him when he had needed someone the must! During war, he had lost his brother, the kid that he had protected and guided since the very first day he had stepped on Camp, then he lost him, the teen died in his ars and he couldn't save him, before his eyes, he was useless!! But Sam was there, when he was in a deep hole of mental disturbance, she was there to put his feet back on the ground of sanity.

Yet... he hadn't thought of her as anything else than a friend, until one night that among a nightmare the name he yelled instead of his brother's, was hers. He yelled her name, Samantha, he did that and din't care if the neighbors had heard him, he still felt the same, that she was his life savour... So that very same day after work, he asked her on a date. She agreed and that put him in the situation he was in that mment. He was outside her place, he was pacing, deciding if what he was doing was fine or not.

"28 years and still I'm nervous about going out with a girl... well that must be great Terry... just great!" he scolded himself mentaly and then went to knock at the door. He waited for her to come and answer the door. He looked at his hands and he had brought for her some beautiful lilies, he only hoped she liked the flowers, if not, he would buy her others. Then he looked at his black shoes. Then againat the door. But then he remembered they agreed on meeting by the forum, so he cursed in latin and ran to the forum. He got there late...

"Sam!!..." he yelled and waved with his free hand. The lily's were still fine, but kind of... damaged. Then he stopped and smiled at her again, she looked gorgeous! "I'm sorry I'm late... got confused..."


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Samantha fiddled with the hem of her dress as she waited. Yes, she felt like a ‘Samantha’ today. Like a real girl, with a real crush on a real guy. Not that she was abandoning her nickname, and not that she would correct Terry if he called her Sam, but for the first time in a long time she felt like using her full name. Well, her adopted name, since she wasn’t born with this name. But this name represented a new start. A new life. A life that she hoped to have Terry a part of. Was it a little early to think about that? Yeah, probably, but she was allowed to daydream, wasn’t she? She smiled to herself as she stopped fidgeting and smoothed her dress, taking a deep breath. She tried checking her watch as discretely as possible, just in case he was within sight. She didn’t want to look like she was naggingly expecting him or upset or anything. Right on time. Well, that was good.

She looked around at all the people walking to and fro about, running errands or simply enjoying the day. There was a sweet little family walking past. Mother, father, little boy who looked about four, and a baby in a stroller. She had to smile. She loved children. That was one of the perks of her teaching job: spending time with children. Though she had an awful knack for getting attached to at least one of them a year, usually more. That made it hard to watch them go to first grade, to a new teacher. Sometimes she saw them around, like Timothy, whom she had ran into the other day. He was now going into third grade, but he still remembered her, and she could still recognize him perfectly. Wow, had he shot up though! She’d had fun talking to him and his parents about how he was doing and how excited he was for third grade.

However, today was not about her students, nor was it about the customers at the coffee shop. Usually she made her day about other people because it made her happy to do so. But today was a little different. She was focusing on him, on Terry, and on him alone. Even if she ran into one of her students or something, she would simply have to tell them another time, because today was all about her and Terry. She smiled to herself just thinking about it. So much had happened between them, it seemed like a blur. One minute she was first meeting him at his coffee shop, the next she was staying at his home to make sure he was okay after the loss of his brother, the next (or was that before the staying the night? It really was a blur!) she was working for him, the next she was sitting here looking forward to their first date! She felt like a giddy schoolgirl with a crush on the most handsome guy in school. Except usually in those scenarios, the guy didn’t know a thing about it while the girl fawned over him from afar. No, this time he knew. And better yet, the feeling was mutual.

She looked up at the sound of her name and smiled to see him waving at her as he approached. She stood up to meet him. “Hey Terry! Don’t you look handsome today. Don’t worry about being late or anything, I was too lost in my own head to notice,” she laughed. “And such beautiful flowers too!”

Tag: Terry
Word Count: 594
Notes: agreed! So cute!!

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Tag: @sam

Word: 412

Notes: Ok, at first he was super sweet but creepy that last thought XD

Terry smiled when she forgave him for being so late, he was glad that she was so understanding, but he made a mental promise to never make her wait again, a lady such as her shouldn't wait for anyone, not a single second. So after he promised himself to never do that again he smiled a bit more and nodded at her. "well, some beautiful flowers for someone even more beautiful, I'm sure they will try not to die soon, because they would want to stay beautiful for you." Where did her got such lines? he had never been the cheese type, still whenever she was with her it seemed that he wanted her to know she was... perfect.

He chuckled and then shook his head, he didn't know if it ould be good to apologize or not, he just thought for a moment about it, he knew that a girl liked to be treated like that, but he also knew that too much honey was bad for anyone, so... what to do? He smiled at her and decided for both things. "I'm sorry, usually I'm no that ... cheese, but I think you deserve it" ok that was it, he did it again?! if he didn't control that tongue, probably he would make her leave running away from him and trying to stay as far as she could from him and his riddiculous vocabulary in dates!

He offered her his arm and stood there like a statue, as if Medus had just passed by and turned him into a stone statue, a lover waiting for his beloved one with his arm slightly lifted so she could held from it. ok... cheese thought... maybe he was destined to be like that around her! Then he simply looked down at her and smiled widely at her. "then... may I escort you to our table to have an amazing dinner?" he asked and smiled at her now more... naturally, as if after realizing what were going to be his course of actions with her, he could finally be himself with her, no matter how cheesy or riddiculous he seemed to be.

He waited for her reply, his heart was beating thousand times persecond maybe, or he felt it that way. it was just great to be in live again and for some reason he felt that Sam would never cheated on him, she would never hurt him, she would never... deserve to be punished... right?

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Sam would be lying if she said she didn’t blush at his words. He had that effect on her. The great part was, he wasn’t lying. He really believed she was beautiful. “Terry, you shouldn’t have! But thank you. Though… perhaps we should set them down a moment because I’m dying to hug you. Since you’re like the sweetest and most handsome man in the world and I get the privilege of dating you. How did I end up so lucky?” She laughed. Then he went on and she had to laugh, in a good way. “Okay, now I really need to hug you! Listen to you, just so adorable. You know, in a masculine way… sorry, that probably wasn’t a good word to use. You get what I mean though. I wish I was better with words myself, because you deserve to be treated really well too. I’ll work on that.”

Then he offered his arm and there really was no question to it. However, just to tease him, she pretended to ponder it. “Dinner with an amazingly attractive, in every sense of the word, man? Hmm…” The tapped her chin like this was a difficult decision, then smiled. “Well, of course!” She looped her arm around his. “Where are we going?” She leaned in and kissed his cheek for good measure. How she so cared for him. She had been lost and broken, just looking for a friend, and found someone so much more than that. Sure, it had started out as friendship, though she had to admit that she had always sort of liked him, only to realize it wasn’t just innocent crush, but love. The first time she knew what true love felt like. It was wonderful! Sure, some would say she was jumping the gun in calling it that, but she didn’t believe them. She knew what was going on. Or thought she knew. It was something beyond words, that much was true. She placed her free hand on his arm she was holding. “By the way, I think being a little cheese suits you. I like it.” She smiled at him. She needed to work on her own vocabulary though. He deserved it too. He deserved a little corny show of affection more than she did. He was the one to show her what it meant to really be in love. The sweetest guy in all New Rome. And with everything he’d been through in the war too.

Tag: Terry
Word Count: 419
Notes: sorry for the super long wait!