49.2

I need to make sure my phone plan has unlimited texting since Forty-nine and I have been sending ridiculous amounts of messages back and forth.  At the end of our first date we had made plans to go to the park a week and a half later; apparently that wasn't soon enough because he asked if I was free on Tuesday.  Unfortunately I wasn't, so we made plans for Thursday instead.  Since he loves cars he asked if we could drive around the city following a chase scene from the movie Bullit.  The morning of our date we were finalizing the plans and he was going to pick me up after 7:30 on my corner.  I live on the second floor and going down the stairs on crutches is exhausting and daunting, so I decided just to wait until he told me he was near.  That never happened.  At 8:15 I asked him for his ETA and got no response, and at 9:15 I asked him what was happening and still didn't hear back from him.  I was bummed (partly because getting gussied up with crutches and a giant cast takes a lot of energy), but I figured there was a good explanation since he was the one initiating this date.

The next morning I finally heard from him, "I am so sorry.  I left my phone at work last night and didn't realize it until I was already back in the city.  All I remembered from your messages was 7:30 and 11th & Judah/Irving Streets.  So I drove around those blocks for an hour, but didn't see you at any point.  I did confuse a lot of your neighbors, though.  I feel so stupid.  I spent all day writing out the path of the chase scene.  I was focused on getting it done and out the door by 5 that I left my phone sitting on my desk.  Can I make it up to you? Are you still free on Sunday evening?"  I told him it was fine and that I knew something had happened, and it's partly my fault for being weird and not giving out my actual address and because I wasn't outside waiting.  Everything was back on track, and I gave him my address for our second try on Sunday.  Later that same day he asked how my day at work was, and I told him I had the day off and was relaxing at home.  He responded, "Crap.  Then my surprise of showing up at your work with flowers would seem silly.  Can I come by and drop them off to you?  They're really pretty, and I hate to waste them on the homeless guy on the corner."  Swoon!  He brought them by and apologized again for messing up the date.

Sunday came around and he took me out for a nice dinner before the drive around the city.  In the car we had a great time talking and singing to the 80's music on the radio.  We were halfway through the route of the chase scene when we stopped at one point overlooking part of the city, so we got out to enjoy the view.  Forty-nine thanked me for going on the drive with him saying it was something he'd always wanted to do but had never been motivated enough to plan it.  I told him it was my pleasure and that I was really enjoying myself.  Then just like in the movies he took one step towards me and kissed me.  Seriously, straight out of the movies!  He said that it wasn't part of the chase scene, and I told him I  would have been disappointed if it didn't happen.  We just stood there and kissed until we were both freezing.  By that time it was late, so we decided to call it a night and finish the drive later in the week.  He commented that he might have to add some more look out points to the route.  This guy is stinking precious.  This guy is leaving in one week.  Ugh.