Tony and Angela's
Romantic Date
by Jerry Guarino
Tony, a handsome, surfer
looking dude lived in San Diego. He studied
English in college, so the world wasn’t
offering him big bucks. But his first job was
decent enough, an editing job at a local
newspaper, enough to pay the rent. He was a
romantic, as many English majors are, and had a
few long-term relationships in college. Two
broken hearts
later, he left graduated, determined to find the
one.
Angela, more of an Italian model, played soccer
at Cal and studied business, landing an
internship at a famous San Francisco clothing
store. She had no shortage of men chasing her in
college, but kept everything casual and short
term, not committing to anyone, guarding her
heart and soul.
Tony and Angela met online,
of course, he in San Diego and her in San
Francisco. During the summer, they exchanged
texts, emails and face time calls. Both were
eager to meet in person, but decided to do it in
Los Angeles, where they both had family.
Thanksgiving holiday provided the time off and
opportunity to spend Thanksgiving with their
family.
Tony drove to Los Angeles
and rented a hotel by the beach. Angela flew to L.A.
Tony met her at the airport and it was love at
first sight, (that’s not always the case
with online hookups). For three days, it was
passion and getting to know each other. They knew
that Thursday they would part and hoped to be
together again for the weekend before they had to
return to their homes and jobs.
Monday was spent on the
beach, gazing into each other’s eyes and a
romantic dinner in Malibu, before retiring to
their hotel for hours of lovemaking.
Tuesday, the couple visited
tourist sites and did some shopping, each buying
the other a romantic trinket. Tony and Angela
knew it was more than just lust, or a fling. Each
was seriously involved with the other.
By Wednesday, they were
officially a couple, changing their online status
to ‘in a relationship’. That’s
serious and each had no regrets. Tony was so
enthralled, he considered getting an engagement
ring, but didn’t want to scare Angela away
so soon.
On Wednesday night, during
the afterglow, they confessed their feelings.
“Angela, my angel. You are everything I’ve
always dreamed of. I can’t believe our time
is coming to an end so soon. I love you. I wish
we lived closer.”
“Tony, I can’t
believe how fast these days have gone. I love you
too. How will we maintain a long distant
relationship? I don’t want our love to end.”
“After Thanksgiving,
can we get back together for the weekend? I can
get a flight home Sunday night.”
“Of course, I’ll
spend tomorrow and Friday with my family and pick
you up Friday night for the weekend. It’s
too soon to say goodbye. But let me drive you to
your family tomorrow morning.”
Thanksgiving morning, Tony
drove Angela to her family get together. As they
turned to the street, they looked at each other.
Angela spoke first.
“Right here, the large
yellow house on the right. It’s my Uncle Joe.”
“Angela, this is where I’m going too.
My Nona gave me this address for the family
meeting.”
“This is where I’m
going too. We have dozens of family members
coming, with cousins from all over the country.”
Angela was shocked. “You
mean?”
Tony was shocked. “Yes, we might be related.”
“All right, we have to be sure. Let’s
each of us find the keeper of the ancestry and
find out if we are related. I’ll meet you in
an hour or so.”
Angela sighed, but got up
the courage. “I hope we’re not.”
Tony and Angela, interviewed the people who kept
track of family, asking about the other, seeing
if it triggered any connections. They met as
planned.
“Well, sweetheart, what did you find out?”
“None of my family has heard of you. What
about you?”
“Same here.” Their eyes met, and came
together for a long romantic kiss. Hand in hand,
they introduced each other as a new couple and
the band played the tarantella as they danced.
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