I had spent the rest of my Saturday at home and was working on doing the same for Sunday as well. It wasn't that I was agoraphobic by any means, but I just tended to like to be by myself or with close family or friends. Since I had moved out of my parents house I had been mostly by myself. I had attended university in Philadelphia, but the few close friends I had from university hadn't stayed in the area after graduation. I didn't have anyone that I would go out to meet anywhere. I really only went out to buy groceries or go to work or occasionally to visit my parents. I was an expert at making a mountain out of a mole hill so whenever I did think about going out I would usually work myself up beforehand, worrying about conversations that I would have to have or getting lost, and then opt to stay at home instead. 

It was nearing noon and I still hadn't eaten yet, but my fridge was looking a bit bare so I was debating whether or not to go to the grocery store. Grocery shopping always took me absolutely forever to do so I avoided it until I really had to go. I really couldn't understand how people could just get in and out quickly. There were so many options! Trying to decide which brand and flavor and how much of anything to get was enough to make me dizzy. I still had yet to come up with any good techniques to help minimize anxiety for grocery shopping so, like the responsible adult I was, I procrastinated for as long as possible.

Then again, grocery shopping might be a welcome distraction as it would probably keep my attention away from a certain attractive stranger who wouldn't stop lingering in the back of my mind. I wasn't sure if I was glad he hadn't contacted me yet or not. Usually I would be thrilled but for some reason I felt an unfamiliar curiosity about him. I found myself checking my phone more often than I normally would to see if there were any new messages and then being strangely disappointed when I found that there still were none. It wasn't as if I could actually go on a date with him even if he did contact me. Going out somewhere with a man I didn't know was something I had zero inclination to do. 

So, I found myself, once again, staring at the inside of my fridge, the door gripped in one hand and my phone in the other. Let's see, there were a few strawberries and blueberries left, some left over chicken, lettuce... I could probably made a salad or-- my phone suddenly buzzed in my hand, causing my to drop it as I let out a squeal. I held my breath as I reached for the phone, checking for any damage to the screen from the short tumble onto the hardwood floor. Phew. Good as new. I slid open the notification bar.

1 message from Jongin

Who?? I didn't think I knew anyone by that name and I didn't exactly have a lot of numbers in my phone. The guy from the coffee shop had said his name was Kai, hadn't he? I didn't have read receipts so I opened the message without too much more thought.

Jongin: Hey, Sonja! Hope your day is going well. You up for that rain check?

So it was the same guy? And what did he mean, "You up for that rain check"? Does that mean, like, today? Or did he just mean generally? Like, was I still interested? Why was I even still looking at the text? I had planned to just ignore him if he ever contacted me. But he knew where I worked! That would be totally awkward if he stopped by again after I had ignored him and I couldn't pretend like he had the wrong number since he had actually used my phone to call his. My phone buzzed again and I managed to stop myself from dropping it this time, only it didn't stop buzzing. 

Incoming call from Jongin

ACK!! I hated answering phone calls. I had this weird high pitched phone voice and I didn't like not being able to see a person's body language when speaking to them. Plus sometimes there were those awkward moments when you both spoke at the same time since you couldn't see the other person and it was like a phone call version of trying to pass by someone in a hall way but you both kept stepping to the same side to make room. Suddenly, I had no idea what came over me but I pressed the green button to answer the call. I was so surprised by what I had just done that I just stared at my phone, wide-eyed, for a moment before I realized that I needed to actually say something. My hand shot up quickly, bring the phone to me ear.

"H-hello?"

"Sonja! Hi! Are you busy at the moment?"

"Um," I glanced around myself. I was literally doing nothing. "Uh, not really, no."

"Perfect. How does lunch sound?" WHAT?!

"You mean, like, now?" 

"Well I would have to come pick you up first, so it would be about an hour, but yeah." I really didn't want to do this but I had told him that I wasn't busy! Ugh stupid! I definitely couldn't eat somewhere though. I always felt