Malba

Yesterday, I met up with one of the sorority sisters. For the sorority, a mandatory thing to have is a plain black dress. This sister (we'll call her Shock) said she would take me out and find me a cute dress. We met at the mall and began our journey. $140 and 3hrs later, I had some new things. I got leggings (my first pairs ever), a cute girly top, the black dress, a concealer crayon, my first "big girl" bag for a night out, and a cute wallet (my first official wallet). I deemed the day successful. I learned new things, and got to bond with my sister. After my little shopping spree, I went home. My mom approved of all my purchases, and began to realize that I'm slowly becoming an adult. SLOWLY. My dad thought I looked too grown up in my dress with the bag. Little by little, I'm growing up.
Today was a fun day. I woke up and texted Kevin. He said he would be picking me up around 11-12ish and we were going to hang out. I went back to sleep, and then got up and dressed. Of course, Kevin was 3hrs late. However, this shouldn't surprise me anymore. I got in the car and he told me the AC was broken. It was 90F outside and we were both sweating. We rolled the windows down and played some loud music. After a little bit, we realized we never made any actual plans on what we were going to do. We talked for a bit and tossed some ideas around. Kevin pulled over and called a few friends about a good tattoo place. We found one, checked it out, and he liked it. We talked about tattoo ideas and different styles. He talked to an artist and got his card. It seems as if we found the place to begin the tattoo journey. However, today was not a tattoo day. We got back in the car, and decided to go out to eat. After a little debate, we settled on Applebees. On our way there, Kevin said that in order to stay cool and get out of the heat, we could go back to his house after lunch and watch movies. I mocked him and said it sounded like he was asking me out on a date. Now that I think about it, he didn't actually deny that he was. He just sort of mocked me back and moved on. We enjoyed lunch and he picked up the tab. While deciding what to do next, we went to his house so he could grab something. His mom called, so we picked her up from work and drove her home. Afterwards, we headed to a place called Malba. It's a fancy neighborhood with big houses and rich people. Kevin knew a place with a great view by the water. It had a little rock jetty, easy waves, and a small shoreline. Kevin happened to have chairs in his car, so we set them up and watched as the sun slowly set over the city horizon. We talked and laughed and mocked each other. We spent about an hour or so there just watching the sun go down and having fun. The bugs started to eat him alive, so we packed it up, and headed home. We talked the whole way home and discussed how next time we hung out, we needed plans instead of just winging it. All together, I spent around 7hrs with Kevin today. It's one thing to work together for 7hrs, but it's totally different outside of work. I love getting to know him, and exchanging our woes and worries over blasted rap music. I want to hang out with Kevin again hopefully next week. I might actually take him up on his offer of movies at his place. I assure you nothing is going to happen, I won't let it. I really like Kevin, and I won't let my stupid impulses ruin our friendship. Maybe on our next adventure, he'll teach me how to smoke. We could smoke some weed, go to iHop, then head back for movies all day. I'll pitch it to Kevin and see what he thinks. I'm always open to trying something new.