Write about a first date that surprises both people, but in different ways.

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“The Dreaded Date” by Cerelia Wolf

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Alice sat in the crowed bar waiting for her date to arrive. Her best friend had set this up for her because it have been over a year since the supposed love of her life and college sweetheart had broken up with her quite spectacularly on valentines day. Everyone thought that Alice needed to move on with her life (and more specifically her love life) but she didn't feel ready for that. She had spent the first six months wallowing in self pity and over the following months she moved onto self hatred and self sabotage. This time last year she h...

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“The Perfect Match” by Daryl Price

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My hands were sweaty, my head was spinning, and I had circled around Harry’s Burger Shack at least a dozen times. It had been years since I had been on an actual date, and I had no clue who I was meeting. A few weeks ago, when this new app came out, I was sure it wouldn’t be any different than the others. The Perfect Match app promised to match you up with the most memorable date you had ever been on or they would refund you your membership, and expenses incurred on your date. I thought their arrogance was humorous, so I signed up for the pr...

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“The light I yearn” by Emily A.

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"Cor?!" "Florian? Wha-you-you're here?" "I could say the same to you!" Florian says as he smirks, letting his golden-brown curls hang loose, radiating a dreamy hue. I don't know where I am, but I feel a cold wisp of air skim my neck. I can hear a distant hum of what seems like a discordant melody slightly brush my ears. I feel as if an abyss had consumed my soul, only to be nourished by the gleam of Florian's smile and his translucent gray eyes, speckled with amber stars. "Florian, where are we?" "It doesn't matter where w...

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“The Guy Who Loved the Gym” by A.J. Brown

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Courtney walked towards the table and couldn’t help but chuckle a bit. The face looked like Ben’s from the picture. But it couldn’t be him. But the face did look like him. “Ben?” she said and he looked up at her. It had to be Courtney as no one else would have known his name, and the face did look like her profile picture. But she wasn’t what he was expecting. She wore a red tank top and her arms were quite muscular. She wore a short pair of shorts and her legs were thick and muscular as well. Her...

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“Chance encounters” by Lara Walters

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Jack couldn't remember the last time he'd really enjoyed himself on a first date. After a bad string of awkward encounters, he'd actually wondered how he still had the energy to put himself out there at all anymore. Much less in a blind-date situation, in any case. "Oh well," he thought to himself as he straightened his bow-tie and took one last look in the mirror. Valentine's day was fast approaching and Jack was determined that he wouldn't spend another year alone watching planes pass and cooking dinner for his black domestic cat, Moo. Alt...

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“Heartbreak” by Kay Swenn

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Kylie was nervous, this was her first date in about six months since she'd broken up with Dylan after she caught him with another woman. She was wearing a red dress and heels, but was fretting with her curls that seemed to keep coming loose. She'd been waiting in her car now for half an hour, worrying and worrying. Two years she'd been with Dylan, and for the last three months of their relationship had he been with other people. She figured six months was enough time to sulk and hopped onto a dating site. It seemed to be more of a hookup sit...

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“Chance Encounters of the Romantic Kind” by Nina Thompson

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“I hate vegans! They’re always in my face about me eating meat! Like, get off of my dick, right?”The girl in front of me grins jokingly, and I force out out a laugh. “Uh, right. Well, you know, I’m vegan.”The smile slips off of her face. Her eyes drift away from mine as she takes a long sip of wine out of her fourth glass of the night. I really better call her a cab.Later, after shutting the door on her ride home, I take a breath of relief. I’m feeling a little tipsy myself, since I had to drink two mojitos just to put up with her, but inste...

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“The Bad Date” by Matthew Flick

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"Is it just me? Or is it really hot in here?" Nancy peered down at her vintage Pink Flamingo Swatch. If the watch is vintage, so is she, receiving the watch as a tenth birthday gift. She wore a fitted, low cut blue top and pair of smart dove gray trousers. Despite her choice in watches, she looked lovely. Sexy, but not slutty. Her hair set in shoulder-length, mousy brown curls. Emitting a low chuckle, Nancy said, "Well. Would you look at the time? I didn't realize it was so late." "It's only 9 o'clock", whispered Bill. "Yes. But I have...

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“An Unexpected Dinner Companion” by Bryan Imes

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Adelaide met resistance when she pushed the restaurant door. Her body unexpectedly fell forward, her shoulder smashing into the glass and thankfully, barely saving her face from hitting it as well. There, a mere inch or two from her eyes on the glass were white letters that read “Pull.” Yeah, that seems about right. She rolled her eyes at herself, took a deep breath and pulled the door open. The inside of the restaurant was not what she had expected. For starters it was cold. Unbelievably cold. It was as if sh...

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“A Game Changing Date” by Ryan Haynes

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"Hmph, so you're Willy, eh?"Willy sat at a table in the local Italian restaurant, motioning to the chair on the other side. A beautiful woman with a tight red dress looked at him with a disapproving glare. "Indeed. Please have a seat.""Your profile on DateMe.com was a muscular picture of you." The woman whose name was Petunia said with disgust. "You don't look muscular, just overweight. I suppose the line about having money was a lie too?""Apologies." Willy sneered. "I see that the line on your profile about being open minded and charmi...

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“The Set-Up” by Chthonic Cat

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"I'm telling you, she's really your type. She'll want to see you, and she'll like you. Trust me, mate."My eyes travelled from the book back to my best friend Frans in one swift motion, like I was swinging the baseball bat. When my face wasn't shoved either in a textbook on psychology of crime, or in a fictional story, I loved getting exercise, accompanied by music playlists of all kinds of genres. Rock and metal really helped me get in the mood. And the hot baths after were the cherry on top of a good evening.All of that didn't leave much ti...

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“Timber” by Kiley Dumas

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Debbie was excited about the evening and had planned extensively, as was her way. Using a dating app wasn’t her usual method, but so far it was proving to be fruitful. Greg was the third hunk she had linked up with using it, and KindLnk promised 5+ matches a month or your money back. That kind of guarantee was impossible to turn down, especially in her business. After connecting on KindLnk, Greg had initiated a chat two weeks ago, and they had shared no less than five text conversations and two emails since. Dinner had been arranged and ag...

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“Alyssa Perie” by Konnen Kreevy

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Alyssa gripped onto the wine glass, listening to the classical musical of the restaurant and looking out to the cityscape. The smell of the dishes wafted through the air, and a bead of sweat trickled down her cheek. She gnawed on her lip, looking down and glancing at her watch every few minutes. She could feel the waitress’s eyes burning through her, full of fascination. A man slipped into the chair in front of her, she slammed the wine glass down onto the table, and she pointed to her watch and raised her eyebrow. “You’re late.” She said,...

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“Game, Set and Match” by Josephine Andersen

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Game, Set and Match Dana looked in the mirror and saw, staring back at her, a 35 year old woman with shoulder length brown hair, falling around her shoulders, blue eyes and dark sweeping lashes that partially hid a faint, lurking sadness. Wrinkling her brow, she tugged at the scarf round her neck. “ Wrong colour for my shirt,” she muttered to herself, it wouldn’t do. The shirt wouldn’t do either. She took it off. Riffling through the wardrobe, she pulled out a white Erika short sleeve button- up. Why was she doing th...

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“First date of our relationship .” by Kulsum Kazi

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Ones I had posted a photo on Instagram and after 2 hours I got the message from unknown person which is in my followers list and also facebook friend but I never know about him. The one message from that person who is unknown for me,changed my life fully. He is my junior in college time. We are from same department and in college we came across with each other but never talked. Coincidentally we are from same hometown. So when I post that photo I mentioned the location so he had came across that and send message to me. The message was very s...

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Write about a first date that surprises both people, but in different ways.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 161 stories

“The Dreaded Date” by Cerelia Wolf

“The Perfect Match” by Daryl Price

“The light I yearn” by Emily A.

“The Guy Who Loved the Gym” by A.J. Brown

“Chance encounters” by Lara Walters

“Heartbreak” by Kay Swenn

“Chance Encounters of the Romantic Kind” by Nina Thompson

“The Bad Date” by Matthew Flick

“An Unexpected Dinner Companion” by Bryan Imes

“A Game Changing Date” by Ryan Haynes

“The Set-Up” by Chthonic Cat

“Timber” by Kiley Dumas

“Alyssa Perie” by Konnen Kreevy

“Game, Set and Match” by Josephine Andersen

“First date of our relationship .” by Kulsum Kazi

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Write about someone asking out an old crush, only to realize their crush doesn’t remember they’ve ever met before.

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