Dinner, Dancing and Football: A Guy's Guide to Successfully Pursuing A
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It was 12am and Kyle Valenti was restless. He was waiting on Tess Harding to return from her "date" with Max Evans- her "destined" mate. Kyle looked at his watch with a strange feeling- she had been gone 3 hours and 37 minutes. And counting. He turned the TV off and sighed. Why did he keep doing this to himself? She wasn't interested in him! Why couldn't he just live with that? He looked at the table in front of him and began repeatedly banging his head off it.
Bang! He was hopeless.trust him to fall in love with another girl who had a thing for Max Evans.
Bang! Not only another girl but an ALIEN girl that was married to Max on another planet.
Bang! Why did she have to live in his house? Why did she have to live in his town?
Bang! Or in his state?
Bang! Or on his planet?
Bang! As he had his head against the table surface he heard the door open and her voice say goodbye. He quickly lay down and pretended to be asleep. All the while, his eyes were forced shut as he silently pleaded.
i"Say goodnight. Close the door and please don't kiss him.or invite him in. Close the door and come in alone!"/i
"You can stop pretending to be asleep now Kyle, I'm home."
With that Kyle opened one eye and pretended to yawn as he sat up and looked at her.
"Oh, Tess.I didn't hear you come in. Did you have a good."date"."
He forced the word out and gave her a half smile.
"Yeah, I'm really sure you weren't pretending.so it wasn't you that was banging your head of the table when I looked in the window?"
"I didn't! I was looking for something.on the floor.and it might have "appeared" I had banged my head but.Evans didn't see me did he?"
"No. He wasn't there."
She sighed as she sat down beside him and he looked at her intently. She really was beautiful. Her blonde hair had been tied up and a few strands framed her face. Her sky blue eyes were hypnotic.and he could get lost within them forever. Max Evans was a fool to reject her before. But for being out on a date with the guy she'd been pursuing for over a year she looked really tired.and upset.
"Tess, I heard you say goodbye to.."
"To Alex, he took me home. Not Max."
"Alex? But I thought you and Max were having dinner."
"So did I. We were at the restaurant all of two minutes when he said he wasn't feeling well. I drove him home and I met Alex and Isabel, so we all went to the Crashdown. Max made an amazing recovery then.and he looked positively the picture of health when Liz joined us. I guess he just didn't feel well enough to be alone with me."
"I'm sorry Tess. He shouldn't treat you like that. I'll speak to him. You.you deserve more than that Tess. You deserve to be with a guy who only wants to be with you. You deserve to be with someone that loves you."
i"Someone who loves you like I do."/i He silently added.
She looked at him and smiled bitter-sweetly to herself. Why couldn't Max be like Kyle? Why couldn't she admit that she had already let herself fall in love with Kyle? It had been so easy. Of course he thought of her as a sister and she DEFINITELY didn't think of him as a brother.so it would never work out. She sighed loudly and lay back and looked at the ceiling. Nothing ever was easy for her.come to Roswell, break up a perfectly happy couple, fall for her "destiny", see her "dad" die, move in with the sheriff, fall for his son and then the other guy gets interested.kind of. Life couldn't possibly get much more complicated.
"Thanks Kyle. I know that Max and me will never be anything on this planet.I had accepted that. I had even gotten over him, a little anyway. And then he asks me out to dump me after 2 seconds. I never EVER intend to date him again. We just want different things. He wants Liz and I.I don't want to be the "re-bound girl", not any more.I'm over him. I just want to be happy with someone that I can trust.and love."
i"Someone like you.someone I love like I love you./i
He wanted to punch Max. He shouldn't be allowed to treat her like this. No one should make her feel like this. He looked at her.she just looked hurt. He gingerly put his hand on her shoulder and she turned and looked at him.
"You know that I'll always be here for you, don't you? No matter what happens. Unless of course you all decide you want to take over the planet and fry us all with your "death-ray eyes".I might have to let you handle that on your own."
She began to laugh gently and he began to smile as he turned and looked at her face.
"Tess? Umm, why don't you and me go out tomorrow night, just the two of us?"
He didn't know why he said it but he couldn't stop the words escaping from his lips. In a way he dreaded the reply and he realised that it might be too much for her to handle so he quickly added:
"That way you.can try and forget about a certain alien "leader", and I can actually pretend to have a social life. I'll even pay. Besides, that way Amy and my dad can be alone."
She looked at him, he almost looked.nervous? She was so surprised when he had first asked.surprised.but happy? She HAD been happy when he had asked her. Of course then he went and implied the "just friends" thing.but it was a start. She still wanted to spend time with him.like a normal girl. She would never have that with Max.she'd always be his alien destiny. She'd always be second best. Defective.
"Kyle.thank you. I'd really like to spend some time away from the whole "alien" thing. I'd love to go out with you. It'll be nice to be normal."
"Tess.you'll never be "normal". You will always be special with or without your alien mumbo jumbo stuff. At least, you'll always be special to me."
"I.I.Thank you Kyle."
She smiled broadly.and her heart began to beat wildly. No one had said she was "special" before. She had never felt this way before. And for the first time she knew what she wanted: this. And Kyle. Forget Max, she didn't need him. She didn't even want him. She smiled as he looked at her shyly.she had to make the effort. Just let him know that she was interested and leave the ball in his court.
"So? It's a date tomorrow?"
"A date? Yeah, tomorrow.it's a "date""
i"Did she just say "date"? And did I just say "date" back?"/i
"Good, you can pick me up about 7pm, ok?"
"Umm, sure.7pm."
"Goodnight Kyle.I better go to bed."
"Goodnight.Tess."
With that he sat alone.going over what had happened.and what had been said.
i"Date tomorrow. "Pick me up about 7pm". "I'd love to go out with you.""/i
As he finished going over in his head he quickly jumped of the couch and ran towards the phone and began to dial. As the voice began talking he cut it off with a loud whisper.
"Alex? It's Kyle. I'm sorry it's late but I.believe it or not, need your help. What do alien girls like to do? I have a date with Tess tomorrow night.so can we meet up? Tomorrow at your house.great. And Alex? Can you not say anything to Izzy? Thanks."
With that he went and lay down on the couch. Happy.
In the bedroom Tess had her cell-phone at her ear waiting on it getting answered. She was lying on the bed, wearing the football jersey that she now owned and she couldn't stop from smiling.
"Isabel? Hi.no I know it's late I'm sorry, that's why I called your cell. I need your help. No.nothing like that, it's just.I have a date with Kyle tomorrow night and.ok, I'll see you in the morning. No can it be here? Thanks. Oh, and Isabel? Can you please not say anything to Alex or Max? Thanks a lot. Goodnight."
With that she hung up the cell-phone and began replaying the events of the night. Maybe this was the start of something good for her. And with that she lay down and stared at the ceiling.anxious for tomorrow to come, and for the first time in months.maybe ever, she was happy.
TBC
It was 12am and Kyle Valenti was restless. He was waiting on Tess Harding to return from her "date" with Max Evans- her "destined" mate. Kyle looked at his watch with a strange feeling- she had been gone 3 hours and 37 minutes. And counting. He turned the TV off and sighed. Why did he keep doing this to himself? She wasn't interested in him! Why couldn't he just live with that? He looked at the table in front of him and began repeatedly banging his head off it.
Bang! He was hopeless.trust him to fall in love with another girl who had a thing for Max Evans.
Bang! Not only another girl but an ALIEN girl that was married to Max on another planet.
Bang! Why did she have to live in his house? Why did she have to live in his town?
Bang! Or in his state?
Bang! Or on his planet?
Bang! As he had his head against the table surface he heard the door open and her voice say goodbye. He quickly lay down and pretended to be asleep. All the while, his eyes were forced shut as he silently pleaded.
i"Say goodnight. Close the door and please don't kiss him.or invite him in. Close the door and come in alone!"/i
"You can stop pretending to be asleep now Kyle, I'm home."
With that Kyle opened one eye and pretended to yawn as he sat up and looked at her.
"Oh, Tess.I didn't hear you come in. Did you have a good."date"."
He forced the word out and gave her a half smile.
"Yeah, I'm really sure you weren't pretending.so it wasn't you that was banging your head of the table when I looked in the window?"
"I didn't! I was looking for something.on the floor.and it might have "appeared" I had banged my head but.Evans didn't see me did he?"
"No. He wasn't there."
She sighed as she sat down beside him and he looked at her intently. She really was beautiful. Her blonde hair had been tied up and a few strands framed her face. Her sky blue eyes were hypnotic.and he could get lost within them forever. Max Evans was a fool to reject her before. But for being out on a date with the guy she'd been pursuing for over a year she looked really tired.and upset.
"Tess, I heard you say goodbye to.."
"To Alex, he took me home. Not Max."
"Alex? But I thought you and Max were having dinner."
"So did I. We were at the restaurant all of two minutes when he said he wasn't feeling well. I drove him home and I met Alex and Isabel, so we all went to the Crashdown. Max made an amazing recovery then.and he looked positively the picture of health when Liz joined us. I guess he just didn't feel well enough to be alone with me."
"I'm sorry Tess. He shouldn't treat you like that. I'll speak to him. You.you deserve more than that Tess. You deserve to be with a guy who only wants to be with you. You deserve to be with someone that loves you."
i"Someone who loves you like I do."/i He silently added.
She looked at him and smiled bitter-sweetly to herself. Why couldn't Max be like Kyle? Why couldn't she admit that she had already let herself fall in love with Kyle? It had been so easy. Of course he thought of her as a sister and she DEFINITELY didn't think of him as a brother.so it would never work out. She sighed loudly and lay back and looked at the ceiling. Nothing ever was easy for her.come to Roswell, break up a perfectly happy couple, fall for her "destiny", see her "dad" die, move in with the sheriff, fall for his son and then the other guy gets interested.kind of. Life couldn't possibly get much more complicated.
"Thanks Kyle. I know that Max and me will never be anything on this planet.I had accepted that. I had even gotten over him, a little anyway. And then he asks me out to dump me after 2 seconds. I never EVER intend to date him again. We just want different things. He wants Liz and I.I don't want to be the "re-bound girl", not any more.I'm over him. I just want to be happy with someone that I can trust.and love."
i"Someone like you.someone I love like I love you./i
He wanted to punch Max. He shouldn't be allowed to treat her like this. No one should make her feel like this. He looked at her.she just looked hurt. He gingerly put his hand on her shoulder and she turned and looked at him.
"You know that I'll always be here for you, don't you? No matter what happens. Unless of course you all decide you want to take over the planet and fry us all with your "death-ray eyes".I might have to let you handle that on your own."
She began to laugh gently and he began to smile as he turned and looked at her face.
"Tess? Umm, why don't you and me go out tomorrow night, just the two of us?"
He didn't know why he said it but he couldn't stop the words escaping from his lips. In a way he dreaded the reply and he realised that it might be too much for her to handle so he quickly added:
"That way you.can try and forget about a certain alien "leader", and I can actually pretend to have a social life. I'll even pay. Besides, that way Amy and my dad can be alone."
She looked at him, he almost looked.nervous? She was so surprised when he had first asked.surprised.but happy? She HAD been happy when he had asked her. Of course then he went and implied the "just friends" thing.but it was a start. She still wanted to spend time with him.like a normal girl. She would never have that with Max.she'd always be his alien destiny. She'd always be second best. Defective.
"Kyle.thank you. I'd really like to spend some time away from the whole "alien" thing. I'd love to go out with you. It'll be nice to be normal."
"Tess.you'll never be "normal". You will always be special with or without your alien mumbo jumbo stuff. At least, you'll always be special to me."
"I.I.Thank you Kyle."
She smiled broadly.and her heart began to beat wildly. No one had said she was "special" before. She had never felt this way before. And for the first time she knew what she wanted: this. And Kyle. Forget Max, she didn't need him. She didn't even want him. She smiled as he looked at her shyly.she had to make the effort. Just let him know that she was interested and leave the ball in his court.
"So? It's a date tomorrow?"
"A date? Yeah, tomorrow.it's a "date""
i"Did she just say "date"? And did I just say "date" back?"/i
"Good, you can pick me up about 7pm, ok?"
"Umm, sure.7pm."
"Goodnight Kyle.I better go to bed."
"Goodnight.Tess."
With that he sat alone.going over what had happened.and what had been said.
i"Date tomorrow. "Pick me up about 7pm". "I'd love to go out with you.""/i
As he finished going over in his head he quickly jumped of the couch and ran towards the phone and began to dial. As the voice began talking he cut it off with a loud whisper.
"Alex? It's Kyle. I'm sorry it's late but I.believe it or not, need your help. What do alien girls like to do? I have a date with Tess tomorrow night.so can we meet up? Tomorrow at your house.great. And Alex? Can you not say anything to Izzy? Thanks."
With that he went and lay down on the couch. Happy.
In the bedroom Tess had her cell-phone at her ear waiting on it getting answered. She was lying on the bed, wearing the football jersey that she now owned and she couldn't stop from smiling.
"Isabel? Hi.no I know it's late I'm sorry, that's why I called your cell. I need your help. No.nothing like that, it's just.I have a date with Kyle tomorrow night and.ok, I'll see you in the morning. No can it be here? Thanks. Oh, and Isabel? Can you please not say anything to Alex or Max? Thanks a lot. Goodnight."
With that she hung up the cell-phone and began replaying the events of the night. Maybe this was the start of something good for her. And with that she lay down and stared at the ceiling.anxious for tomorrow to come, and for the first time in months.maybe ever, she was happy.
TBC