My First Date

Source: Children Come First
http://www.childrencomefirst.com/firstdate.shtml

Contests
My First Date
By James Kelley, Contest #200810

It was a dark and stormy night when I met Lisa for the first time. I limped and couldn't drive because I had epilepsy. I looked up "Taxi" through the Yellow Pages and after hanging up on various rude dispatchers, I found Economy Cab.

The cab came to pick me up an hour later. I slipped and fell on my way through my wet lawn to where the cab was parked. I opened the back door and got in. The driver didn't ask me where I was going, but said in disgust, "Not another crip!"

I kept my temper and told him that I was on my way to Andino's Restaurant. He drove very slowly and asked, "Is it alright if I stop at Honeydew's for a coffee?"

I said, "No."

He then added, "Please?"

I repeated, "No."

He sighed and kept driving, eventually parking in front of the restaurant. I paid him the fare and hobbled out of the cab. I stepped in a deep puddle and hoped that Lisa was compassionate. I saw her standing inside the doorway. I stammered an apology and she said, "You were worth the wait."

James Edward Kelley [Warwick, RI] won the Henry Fonda Young Playwright's Award for the state of Connecticut for the first play he ever wrote. He also won a Very Special Arts Award for his creative output. He has been asked to write a book of poetry for Former Poet Laureate of Portugal, Jose Brites. His blog can be reached at Euemeros.WordPress.com.