Sara got up the next day and was sipping her coffee as she pulled up her email. “Oh wow, I already got a match!” She said out loud and pulled up the email from Alien Major.
Dear Ms. Abram,
We would like to show you a match we feel will be great for you!
His name is Drax; he is the equivalent of 24 years old in human years. He would like to take you out tonight at 8 pm. Please let us know as quickly as possible when you see this email that you are acceptable to this arrangement. Please see attached file for a picture of Mr. Drax.
Thank you,
Jane
Alien Major Bliss Department
Sara had to laugh a bit at the name of the department. But then she pulled up the picture. “Oh he doesn’t look alien. He has a bit longer face, but really I’ve seen a few people like that before. Well maybe they were alien and I didn’t know it though!” She laughed.
As she looked closer the only feature she could really tell was alien on him, well that she could see in the picture, were an extra ear lobe. But she liked his short cut black hair, and his chiseled features. He looked like a warrior, tough and yet there was something in his eyes that said he could possibly be gentle as well! She looked again at his eyes and saw that they looked almost gray in color, but upon closer investigation, she saw flecks of brilliant blue and yellow spread through the gray.
“Oh those eyes, those are something else!” She said as she continued to stare into them.
She quickly responded and said she was more than happy to go out with him tonight. Then she picked up her phone and called Jen. “I have a date tonight, and he’s dashing!” Sara said as Jen answered the phone.
“Oh do you, is he alien? Can you tell what does he look like?” Jen asked quickly.
“He has short black hair, and the only way you can really tell he is alien is by his extra ear lobe. Oh and his eyes are amazing. I have a picture I’ll send you a copy of it. Hold on a second.” Sara said. She sent the picture to Jen and waited for her friend to make a comment.
“Oh wow, he’s really nice looking.” Jen said. “So when is your date, what time? What are you going to do?” She asked Sara.
“It is at 8 pm and I am not sure what we will do. He’ll pick me up and I’ll see, I guess!” Sara said.
“I expect details later tonight, or tomorrow, if it goes really good!” Jen laughed loudly.
“I don’t want to seem cheap, so I’ll let you know the details tonight.” Sara said. She had never slept with any man on a first date. Maybe that was why she didn’t often have a second date lately. These guys all had one thing on their minds, and that was sex. Sara on the other hand would like to get to know the guy first. She hoped that Drex was different. She just realized she hadn’t told Jen the name of her date, so she sent a quick message to update her.
“Oh I was just so excited about the date! Well you and Drex have fun tonight!” Jen sent a voice message back to Sara.
The day seemed to fly by and she sat and waited for Drex to show up. The clock was right at 7:45, she had fifteen minutes and her nerves were worked up. Sara considered taking a nip of vodka to help curve her nerves. She picked up the bottle and poured a shot, and then added in a little extra. As the liquid ran down her throat she felt the burn of the alcohol. “Oh better.” She sighed as her nerves relaxed a little bit.
No more than 10 minutes later her doorbell rang. Sara went to the door and opened it. “Hello.” She said, and looked up to his face. He was a bit over a foot taller than her.
“Hi, I’m Drex. It’s nice to meet you Sara. I bought you this; I hope it doesn’t seem inappropriate.” He said and handed her a bottle of Gray Goose Vodka.
“Oh I love this stuff! Thank you, no I don’t think it’s inappropriate at all. Would you like a drink before we go?” She asked him.
“Well I really shouldn’t but maybe just a half a shot. I can hold my liquor. But your society is pretty strict on drinking and driving. I wouldn’t want to get into trouble on our first date!” He laughed.
She shivered in excitement at the sound of his laugh, it was deep and hearty. “I know that wouldn’t be a good thing.” She said and poured them both a drink. She added a bit extra into hers to make up for his smaller portion.
Sara felt her head swoon from the drink. “Oh wow.” She grabbed her head quickly.
“Are you okay?” Drex grabbed her arm to hold her steady.
“Yeah I guess I drank a bit too quickly. I’m sorry I’m kind of nervous about this date and making the right first impression.” Sara admitted.
“Don’t be nervous. I can tell I like you a lot already. You are beautiful and funny!” Drex commented.
Sara looked down to the ground and turned bright red. “Thanks.” She finally said.
She had to admit she felt an immediate connection to Drex as soon as he had walked into her door. Now when he had touched her a thrill of heat had run through her body. Sara knew that it was dangerous to open herself so quickly to him, but it simply felt right.
“I thought we could go out to that new French restaurant tonight. That is if you are interested in it he said.
“Oh that sounds good, but isn’t it really expensive?” Sara asked.
“No cost is too much for my possibly future wife!” He said, indicating to her his seriousness.
Sara didn’t know what to say, so instead she just smiled. Sure she liked him and all, but already committing to a marriage, she wasn’t quite sure of that. There was a part of her that was also very excited about the thought of Drex and her being married!
“Come on let’s go!” Drex helped her up off the sofa.
His touch was invigorating to her. Sara shivered the excitement from his touch making her warm all over once again. Drex looked down and smiled down at her.
He opened the car door for her and went around getting in on the other side.