Somethings off...

"Alex!" I called out running toward him. School was out and Alex decided to take me out on a date over the weekend.

I was taking off work for him but it was worth it I trust him. I enjoyed every moment with him. It was a joy to be around him and I loved every moment with him.

Alex swiftly turned around and waved at me. I smiled back and stopped where he standed.

"You ready?" Alex smiled at me. It looked genuine and kind.

"Of course!" Alex linked his hand in mine the warmth of his hands comforted me.

We stopped at a Japanese restaurant. Alex knew I loved their food I was glad he took me here. We waited at the door for a waitress to get us seated.

"Welcome, how many will we be serving today?" The female waitress greeted us. I was excited and could barly keep it in.

"Two today and can we get a booth?" I smiled and Alex chuckled slightly. The waitress kindly walked us over to the booth.

It was by the crystal clear windows. I could get a clear view of the small pond near it, with large golden koi fish that swam gracefully inside. It was gorgeous.

The waiter set us down our menus, "I'll be with you when your ready."

I grabbed the menu and started looking through it. "Hey what are you getting?" I looked up and smiled.

"I dunno probably the yakisoba. You?"

"hmmm, maybe the ramen but I'll think about it. Can we get onigiri too?"

Alex chuckled, "get whatever you want, it's on me."

I kept looking through the menu it all looked so good, Gyoza, Sushi, Ramen, Sashimi, I wanted to try it all. I glanced at the koi every now and then they were so gorgeous glistening in the sun.

"Hello I'll be your waitress for today, what can I get you to start?"

"Uh, for a start I'll have onigiri and for the drink can I get green tea?"

"Of course." The waiter scribbled in her notebad our orders.

"And what would you like sir?"

"I'll just have a gyoza for now."

"Alright I'll be right with you with your food." We handed the waitress our menus we were ready to order a full meal. All the dishes we wanted we in our heads already but we didnt want to rush them.

About five minutes later I heard Alex's phone chime. I removed my gaze from the window and turned to Alex.

"Who's that?"

"Uh," Alex checked his phone and quickly through it in his pocket, "nobody."

"Oh... okay..." It was probably nothing to worry about and why should I, he would never do something behind my back... I hope.

The rest of the time waiting for our side dishes were kind of awkward. There was a strange tension between us that I couldn't break. I sighed and glanced at him he was on his phone. It looked like he was texting someone.

"Hey Alex I-" Before I could finish I was cut of by the waitress.

"Heres your food would you like to finish your order?"

I paused for a moment lost in thought, "Sure... I would like the Ramen, if thats okay." My voice was no longer that cheerful voice I used 15 minutes ago. The waiter seemed to take notice she took awile and have me an empathetic look.

"Thats perfect, what would you like sir?"

"Chicken yakisoba."

"Alright, thank you and I'll be with you soon."

I watched her leave our table and head to the kitchen. The warm steam that rised up from Alex's gyoza and my onigiri filled my nose. It smelled amazing.

Alex dipped his gyoza in the small saucer of soy sause. "So what were you saying?"

"Oh, nothing important." I sighed.

The rest of the time eating was silent and awkward. Alex's phone kept chiming and I was starting to worry. Who is texting him?

The waitress soon came back with two medium black bowls with a red outlining, filled with my ramen and Alex's yakisoba. She set down the hot teapot of green tea and gave us our bill.

"I'll give you the bill early but no need to rush eating." She quickly headed back to another table and took their order.

Two people sat at the table, they looked like a couple. They looked so happy together, his fingers linked with hers under the table. They looked like they were in perfect sinc with each other. I can't lie, I was jealous. And it was starting to make me rethink my relationship with Alex.

I wanted to try linking my hands with Alex's on the table. His hand my near his bowl of steaming yakisoba. Maybe the tension between us would break if I did that.

I slowly inched my hand towards Alex. He pulled away and put his hand on his lap. I pulled back instantly regretting that.

His phone wouldn't stop chiming, before he picked up his chopsticks he texted back whoever was texting him. I caught a smile wash over him. It made me jealous, upset too.

I tried ignoring it and ate my food. At least the onigiri and ramen tasted good. I glanced at the couple at that table I saw earlier. They looked happy together, they laughed, and smiled. I looked at Alex he stared out the window completely ignoring my presence.

I felt a lump in my throat and tried fighting back tears. I looked down and cupped my hands in my lap. I took a deep breath and fought back my tears.

"I... i"m gonna head to the bathroom."

Before Alex could say something I stood up off the seat and rushed to the bathroom. I kept my head low and my hands in a fist. I went in the stall and leaned against the door. I fell the floor and stopped fighting back my tears.

Why is this happening to me? I knew now he was cheating. Texting another girl. It hurt to know he was doing that. I couldn't stop the tears from falling.

After awile of crying I checked the mirror. I looked horrible my eyes were red and slightly puffy. I quickly redid my makeup as an attempt to hide it. I took a few deep breaths to calm down and slowly walked back to my table.

I was shocked to see who was sitting at my seat, who Alex was talking to. I felt my tears and the lump in my throat rise back up.