Later that evening I asked Micheal if we could meet up the next morning so we can talk things out and clear up any misunderstandings, I was quite nervous about meeting him especially after what happened at the mall."just be cool and be straight forward, just be cool and be straight forward......" I said repeatedly as I walked into the local Cafe to meet him, my hands were all sweaty and my heart beat fast when I saw him sitting across the room looking cute like always.His bad boy casual look, the leather jacket and gosh his hair is so perfect I just want to chop it off so he would stop looking cute. I started getting cold feet and was thinking about leaving before he saw me but it was too late cause he called my name as he waved at me, I hesitantly waved back at him and took a deep breath before I walked over to him.
Like a gentleman he stood up and I stretched out my hand to give him a handshake but he went in for a hug, it was so embarrassing and I felt awkward. "Hey how've you been?" he said charmingly, I cleared my throat and responded"Hi"my face was all red from the embarrassment and I bet he could tell, the waiter came and asked  us what we would like to take, Michael looked at me and arched an eyebrow when I said that I didn't want to take anything, "a soda will do," I said softly. "I'll take a soda and bring two cheese burgers" he said. "I don't want a burger," I said persistently, "you atleast have to eat something, don't worry it's my treat," he insisted. I felt like if the rest of the conversation was going to be like this then there was no point for me to stay so I just decided to get to the point, "look I didn't come here for chit chats alright, I don't want your treats or you been all generous with me," "eh_em sorry to interrupt but can you be more specific on what you would like to have cause I have a number of customers waiting in line," the waiter said as he ended his speech with a smile.
"Two sodas and a cheese burger" Michael said as he looked at me,when the waiter left he then continued, "I'm sorry for been so insisting and for making you so uncomfortable at the mall" it was such an unpleasant  way to start our conversation and I felt more bad for not only how I treated him at the the mall but at the Cafe too. My face was all red from the torture I put him through I was looking down as I was looking for a way to be apologetic and start a smooth conversation with him," I       um I'm sorry too, if anything I should be the who should be sorry and not you, I can be a jackass sometimes and hard to put up with," the waiter served us and left."I can guarantee you that this is one of the best places in the city where they make delicious burgers," he said with a mouthful, I thought that gross but cute at the same time and it made me realize why he so much wanted me to have a burger with him, he then continued after swallowing his food," when I was very young my brother and I would save our lunch money just to come here and buy burgers and when we didn't have money we cried our fake tears out and mom would end up giving us money," from there our conversation went smooth and it was cute to see the other side of Michael.

I took a different perspective of what I thought about him and I thought it wasn't necessary to tell him the things I wanted to say to him in the first place. Time flew by and I didn't notice that it had been 5 hrs already, believe it or not I was surprised too. He walked me home and he kept telling me about his funny moments when he was a kid, I kept on laughing and I must say he's such an easy person to talk to, maybe Tessa was right, we shouldn't judge a book by its cover. We stopped at a lamp post that was just a few minutes away from my house, I looked at him and all I saw was a different Michael, way different from the one I thought I knew. He kept looking at me in the eyes and I could tell he wanted to kiss me but was holding back because he was afraid of how I would react, I on the other hand knew I wanted to kiss him but I was overthinking everything at that time, it was such a silent and awkward moment for the both of us.I stood tip toe as I pecked him on the cheek and quickly stormed off, I guess I took him by surprise cause he was speechless."What did I do? What did I do?" I kept asking myself as I hastenly walked back home feeling awkward about the situation, my thoughts were then put on hold when I saw Ryan the new neighbor playing catch with a little girl whom I guessed was his daughter, I thought it was cute and I was taken by the moment till the ball hit me, "I'm so sorry" Ryan said as he rushed over to me, "oh no don't bother, I'll get it for you" I said as I picked up the ball and walked over to him, he was standing by the short white fence that separated our yards, I passed over the ball to him and he kept on been apologetic , "it's OK, I'm fine,"
"Oh alright, pardon my manners, this is my daughter Melissa" he said as lifted her up. "Hi Melissa," I said  with a smiley face as I waved at her, I thought she was cute and sweet and I couldn't help but compliment her, "thank you" she said, her father chuckled and I thought that was lovely, "Melissa this is...." I gave a quick response "Becca, my name is Becca Watson"as I shook hands with him.