After a series of messed-up dates

"Yeeeeey! Finally!" Jennifer screamed on the bed, her legs rumbling on the bed like she just won a jackpot.
Ruth, Jennifer's best friend, in a shocking mood, ran out from the kitchen to meet Jennifer. "What's that? What's making you scream like that?"
Jennifer rushed and hugged Ruth upon seeing her and said to her, "Guess what?"

"I should guess? Okay, your dad finally sent you the money for the shopping," Ruth said with her eye opened to see her authenticates her guess, but Jennifer killed the moment with, "No, you're wrong."

"Then what?" said Ruth, looking confused.

"Okay, let me burst your bubble, Eric just scheduled a date for us this evening. Yeeeeey!" Jennifer said as she went to grab Ruth again out of excitement, but Ruth dived her as she approached, looking shocked and disappointed at her.
"So it's because of a man and a date that's making you shout since morning, you must be madddd. Mtchwwwwwww!" Ruth hissed and left her to continue preparing her breakfast.

"Come on na, you know you're my mirror, you need to dress me well for this date," Jennifer said as she walked up to her in the kitchen.

"No, no, it seems you're going to hire another mirror this time because I can't waste my precious time dressing you always and you end up messing up the date, or don't you know what happened in the last two dates?" Ruth blasted her as she continued slicing carrots.

Jennifer's mood got changed immediately she got a reminder again on her messed-up dates, "Ruth, why are you trying to spoil this moment for me?"

Ruth turned to her and was surprised at the sadened look on Jennifer's face, and she cheered her up, "See how serious your face is, hahaha, of course I was just joking and pulling your legs, come one, darling." She stepped forward to her and hugged her.

After they had their breakfast, they began the arrangements all powered by Ruth. A red 'ashawo'(prostitute) gown was selected by Ruth. Jennifer was all blown up with excitement, she couldn't just wait for the time.

Time got to 6 p.m., and Jennifer got dressed up by Ruth. She's looking so elegant with a very good touch of sexiness.
Ruth noticed how restless she was and she tried to calm her down, "Babe, I know you're at it again, just calm down, make sure you apply the principles I laid down for you and this date would be a success."

"I'm so glad to have someone that knows me in total, thanks so much, dear," Jennifer said in a cheered-up tone.

As they were still talking and making some adjustments to the dress, Jennifer's phone rang, and when she checked, it was Eric calling.
"Hello dear, are you ready?" Eric said immediately Jennifer picked up the call.

"Ye... yes," she answered nervously.

"Okay, you can come out now, I'm at the gate,"Eric said.

"Alright, I'd be there in a jiffy," Jennifer replied and ended the call.

She picked up her handbag on the bed. She walked towards the mirror to check herself the last time before she goes out, but Ruth blocked her way and said, "You want to check the mirror, didn't you say I'm your mirror?" They both busted into laughter, and that was all the feeling she needed to be out on the date.
Immediately she stepped out to the gate, Eric from the car fixed his gaze on her.

"What? You haven't seen me before?," she said as she noticed how Eric was lost in thought while looking at her.

"You look totally different from the Jennifer I used to see, or am I dreaming?" Eric said with his eyes still scanning through her body, imagining the 'inners' of the revealing curves.

"Do you know that I'm waiting for you to open this car door for me?" Jennifer said in a romantic tone standing beside the car door.

"Oh! Forgive me." He rushed out of the car and went to the other door.

"Your royal highness, the door is open" he teased her, and she stepped in as soon as the door opened.

Eric rushed back to the other entrance, entered the car, ignited the engine, and off they went.
"What song would you like to listen to?" Eric asked her as they were driving.

"Okay, play For My Hand by Burna Boy and Ed Sheeran," she responded.
Immediately, Eric searched for the song, and it started playing.

That's Jennifer's favourite, and she didn't fail to sing along with the song "🎶Whenever you want to me, I will be there...🎶"
Eric didn't hesitate to smile at how happy she was singing the song.

When they got to the venue, a very nice eatery with beaming lights on the walls and roofs, Eric stepped down and went to open the car door for her to step out.
She stepped out, and Eric led the way to the deepest corner of the eatery.
They sat down, and the waiter walked up to them and said, "You're welcome, please kindly go through the menu on the table and let me know what you would like to have."

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Eric looked at Jennifer and said, "Babe, check and place your order."
"I don't need to go through anything, just bring me a cup of coffee," Jennifer said to the waiter.

The waiter nodded in affirmation, and "what about you, sir?" he asked Eric.

"Let me be as gentle as her, bring me a cup of coffee too,"Eric answered, looking directly into Jennifer's eyes with smiles written all over his face.

The waiter nodded again and left, and within a few minutes, their cup of coffee arrived. They picked it up, and Eric started sipping it while Jennifer was skeptical about it. She wasn't the coffee type because coffees are bitter, but because Ruth instructed her to go for coffee alone, she decided to tag along with that, and due to the fact that alcohol spoiled her previous dates, she wouldn't dare go for alcohol.

Eric noticed her reactions towards the cup of coffee and decided to play along; he didn't want to spoil the moment or get her embarrassed.
They continued talking, and Eric asked her to tell him her dislikes.
"Hmmm, you really want to know?" She asked.

"Of course, at least I wouldn't be stepping on your toes once I get to know them," he replied while sipping his coffee.

"Okay, I hate pretence and that's the reason I'm finding it hard to sip from the coffee. I'm the alcoholic type, and I..." She didn't finish while Eric placed his finger on his limbs to discontinue her sentence.

"Shhhhh, it's okay. I've seen that already, I was just waiting for you to admit." He said this as he stretched up and planted a kiss on her forehead as he raised his hands to signal the waiter to come over.

Jennifer was dumbfounded by the kiss and how genius Eric was. Still in her shocked moment, the waiter appeared behind her.
"Babe, tell the waiter which alcoholic drink you want to drink."

She raised her head to look at the face of the smiling waiter and looked at Eric as well. With shyness she said, "just have me a can of Heineken"
In a jiffy, the waiter brought the drink, she popped it open and satisfied her dry throat with it.
Immediately after that, her sense of humour returned, and she was able to stage the endless conversation with enough laughter from both sides.
It was her first successful date, and all kudos to Eric, who allowed her to take alcohol, but just one bottle.

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