It’s been a year since we started dating. What was that first date like?
- He accidentally gave me the address to an abandoned warehouse for us to meet.
- We figured out ahead of time and then joked that he was a serial killer.
- I really hoped he wasn’t a serial killer.
- We got coffee and played Speed Scrabble. He won at Speed Scrabble and I tried not to mind even though he’s Biology guy and I’m the Literature gal.
- He had a surprise to take me to. I hopped in his car, telling him I’d call 911 if he turned out to be a serial killer.
- I really really hoped he wasn’t a serial killer.
- He did NOT pull a gun on me.
- Am I an idiot?
- He took me to the Japanese Gardens. I was impressed, that a guy could surprise a girl with an actually good surprise on their first time meeting.
- We took a walk in the park and talked about my like and his dislike of abstract art.
- When we walked through an abandoned tunnel in the park, we joked that this is where the murder happens.
- I really hoped he wasn’t a serial killer.
- I slipped in the mud and fell about an inch into the river.
- I apologized for my shoes if they accidentally got mud in his car. He said he didn’t care.
- I don’t know if I believe him.
- We ended the night at a Japanese restaurant.
- It was also prom night, so we were surrounded by fancy-dressed high schoolers.
- We returned to my car in the empty coffee-shop parking lot. We parted ways.
- I lived to see another day.
And on this one year anniversary, my writerly/readerly self knows all so well that you can know someone for years and years and never find out they’re a serial killer….until it’s too late 😉
