A Scary Date Narrative Essay

I was nervous, probably more nervous than I have ever been in the four years we have been together. Yes, we have been dating for four years now and I have never asked him out on a date. In fact, we have only been on 5 “real dates”. We started dating our sophomore year of high school and much like other teenagers, we did the typical skating, movies, and food dates. However, as our senior year rolled around, we found ourselves stuck in the Netflix and chill stage. As time progressed, we drifted off to different parts of the state for college. We were approximately four hours away from each other and our relationship turned into a texting phenomenon. When we got this project I was anxious because it was a perfect excuse to be together. Being …show more content…
Unlike yesterday 's date, I wanted to do something fun that he would remember forever. He helped me get ready by decorating my costume, I was a scarecrow he was a hunter. Earlier in the week I saw flyers about haunted houses and corn mazes throughout Greenville and I knew he would love that. That was our big scary date; however he had no clue what was in store for him. We drove into the night, he asked me a thousand of questions about where we were going. When we finally reached our destination he was so excited to see the maze that he gave me the biggest bear hug I have ever experienced. You see, James loves scary things: scary movies, blood, roller coasters, and Halloween, the complete opposite of me. I was terrified and my painted scarecrow face showed it. Even with so much makeup on he kissed me and held my hand as we enter the corn maze. It was the scariest thing of my life and I reconsidered it as we ran for our lives hand in hand. Finally, We made it out alive. It was still early so we drove back into town and I treated him to his favorite restaurant, MOES. The weekend was full of events and things he loved doing. Throughout our relationship, it has always been about me. It was always what I wanted to eat, where I wanted to go, and what I wanted to watch on Netflix of course. It was weird the whole thing, but I loved it. I was taking care of him for a change. He looked happy and thankful, he was actually enjoying himself. I ate some of his nachos, smiled and thought to myself, wow I love this man. We soon left MOES and sadly that was the end of our date. It was still early on Halloween night so we decided to have more fun; therefore joining ECU Halloween events for the rest of the evening hand in