Chapter 6: The Dinner Date and the Notebook

At night another plan was set by her best friend Lemy who suddenly contacts her to meet up at the malls restaurant. Nizsha thought it might be urgent cause the tune of her voice kinda sounds like it.

When she arrived, a text message was sent it was a number of table. And she founds it. But she was surprised to see a geeky guy sitting on the table.

"Uhmm... Excuse me, the table was already reserve." Nizsha interrupted the guy who seems waiting unto someone.

"Your Nizsha right?" The guy asked with a smiley face.

"Yeah why?" She replied. The guy stands up and shows a confident smile before saying, "Nico Celles, I'm your date."

Nizsha who was shocked from the news could only do nothing but smirked. She seats down first and the poker face game begun.

"You seems to be younger than me?" She asked with a cold tune and a neutral facial expression. The guy sits down too and his genuine smile begins to fake.

"I'm 19 years old and I heard you just turned 20 a month ago." He responds.

"Wow... So brave of you, really have a guts! and speak like that to an older person. You think I don't recognize body fixtures?"

"You do?" The guy begins to thrill. But the truth is Nizsha was just lying. And because the guy just asked, it only gaves a solid proof that she really is much older than the kid on the table. With a creepy grin and a left brow raise. The guy spits the truth.

"Actually I'm 15 years old. I saw you before at the school. I was a freshmen in highschool while you're a senior. I really like the way you speak in an academic debate. Your facts are very true, even though its not proven. But the way you speak in the audience you caught me and I was one of those who believe it."

"I loss from that competition."

"Yes! But it's alright, in my heart, I believe your a winner. And I also wanted to tell you that I believe in the saying 'age doesn't matter when it comes to love.' That's why I was lucky Lemy let's me speak to you today."

"Oohh... You have a mouth of honey. But I have 1 question." Then suddenly tingled and smile.

"You can ask, My... Love."

Hearing those makes Nizsha Apall.

"Do you accept a person for who she is?"

"Of course, I do. Specially if she is the one. And that the one is-" Nizsha doesn't make him finished and inserts, "I ate bogger."

The guy was distress from what he heard. With no second thought he leave the table. Nizsha giggled from what just happened. And she begins to eat the food serve on the table. Then later on Lemy arrived who was shocked and was disturb from what the guy just said.

"What just happened? Why does Nico left with disappointment and says ' I don't like to kiss a gross person.' what did you do?"

Nizsha clears her voice and explains.

"Nico was a good kid. He looks smart. And because he knew my attitude, cause somehow, I guess he stalks me after that funny debate. I want to push him away but I don't want to show him my temperament, cause like I said he looks good boy. So the best riddance I could think is to make him feel gross towards me."

" Whaaatt?... You still practice that stupid notebook of yours."

(A little background check: These note was titled ' Riddance4Good' A notebook written by herself with a teaching ways on how to get rid of noisy suitors while studying. She wrote it at age of 10 even though no guys was interested on her, before. But it seems to be effective on this new age, maturity.)

"Yes. And I can't believe it's effective and very useful in college days."

"Did you keep it?"

"Uh-huh! Of course yes. I even have a copy on my gallery wanna see?"

"Nizsha.... When are gonna be matured?"

But Nizsha just shakes her like a child mocking it's mother while eating.

For a moment of silence, Lemy asked a question.

"Why are not there in your father's death anniversary by tge way?"

"And what listening on my mom's preaching" begins mimicking her mom "Nizsha she is your dad respect him. He supports us" then rolls her eyes." So annoying."

Lemy understands her friend. Even she herself witnessed how she was abandoned by her dad on the edge of Nizsha's life.

It was also 5 years ago. Nizsha was on the hospital after hit by a car. She lost too much blood and needs to have a same blood type donor. Sadly all her siblings and her mother has different blood type. Only her father might have the blood she needed but, he doesn't show up. How could a father make her child wait and suffer. Luckily her mother found a kind man and offers to donate blood for the operation. Although it was successful his father doesn't still show's and when Nizhsa returns from home. His behavior towards her daughter changed.

"You really hate your dad huh?"

"Nope."Nizsha whose in denial "It's just that he has a lot of debts and mistakes he had done at me."

Lemy then silenced.

"Hey! What do you really want from me?" Nizsha asked politely.

"Oh, no it's just that Nico he wants to have a dinner with you. In short I sold you for a ticket on Marvel's movie" Lemy who has lightened up.

"Tsskk... I thought you have a major problem. Well I'm done with my food. And I have to rest early I have plans tomorrow." Nizsha who then stands up.

Then remembers something, "Oh yeah by the way, if you have a connection with that Nico kid, tell him ' I love the food and it tastes like the bogger I eat when I was 15" then laughs. Lemy also laughs. And they both bids good night to each other. When Nizsha was gone, Lemy who was left on the table was very disturb unto something. It's like she was hiding something and at the same time worrying it.