'Ol Wet Lap

Story Submitted by Wesley:

This was one of my very first dates, back in high school.  I asked out my best friend's twin sister, Phoebe.  How nice and neat, I thought, if we get married, then my best friend and I will be brothers-in-law.  Awesome.  It also didn't hurt that Phoebe was very attractive and that we were already friendly.

I asked her out to a nice Italian place in town and I picked her up on a Saturday evening.  Phoebe was usually fun and talkative, but she was quiet and seemed nervous on the ride over.

"Everything okay?" I asked her.  She nodded.  I went on, "You do want to go out, right?"  She nodded again.  I figured that she just needed time to get comfortable with the idea of being on a date with me, and I liked her enough to give her that time.

She and I sat down across from each other at the restaurant, and so began one of the most awkward dinners I could ever remember.  She hardly made eye contact with me, rarely spoke, and when she did, it was barely a whisper.  Clearly, she was uncomfortable or something else was wrong.

I finally asked her, "Is something wrong?  You really don't seem to want to be here."

She looked at me for possibly the first time that evening and said, "I think I'm going to call my brother and have him pick me up.  I'm sorry."

I asked, "Did I do something wrong?"

Then she did something I didn't expect.  She kissed her pointer finger, tapped my nose with it, gave me a smirk, then stood up, took her full water glass, and splashed its contents into my lap.

I shouted, "Hey!" and mopped up the mess while she walked off.

As I said, we went to high school together, so it wasn't as though I wouldn't be seeing her again.  When I did, she acted friendly and jovial as if nothing had happened.  However, whenever I've brought up the date since then, she always clams up.  I'm still in touch with her and her brother, and it has always remained a mystery.