Having exchanged contacts, it was time for the calls and chats.
She was not as interesting as she was pretty and I had to go out of my way to keep the conversation moving.
I decided to skip the long talk and fix a date in order to get to know ourselves and not waste each others time.
We agreed on a date but the venue was another thing altogether.
"Choose the venue for our meeting" I had told her.
"You are the one taking me on a date, you should have a place in mind", was her response.
"I believe you would know fun places more than me", I prodded her further.
"No, I don't know fun places", she responded curtly.
I noticed she was not going to suggest and decided to take charge.
I told her the restaurant where we would go to and she began to say it's far and transport would be costly.
I told her not to worry, that I would handle the transportation costs by hailing a bolt ride.
On the D-day, I came with the bolt to pick her up at an agreed junction where she was waiting for me. From there we went to the restaurant I chose.
On getting to the place we decided to get food before going to sit because you have to go take your food by yourself in the restaurant. She said I should get her fried rice and chicken while she stood at a distance and observed the environment.
"How much is fried rice and chicken", I enquired from the lady at the counter.
"A plate of fried rice is 1HBD while chicken we have one of 2HBD and one of 1HBD".
"What of fish?" I asked pointing at a fried fish on display.
"It's 1HBD", she replied.
I did a quick calculation, getting the smaller chicken would save me some money which I would then use and buy juice.
"Give me the fried rice with the 1HBD chicken", I requested. "Then for the second plate, give me fried rice and fish".
After bringing the food, we went and sat down to eat and discuss.
During the discussion, I realised that she was boring and not actually intelligent which happened to be a turn-off for me. Her command of English language was quite poor too.
I lost interest but decided to keep up till the end of the date and not contact her again.
"What's this?" She screamed as she took a bite off the chicken.
"What happened", I enquired curious and embarrassed at her shout and the many eyes that turned to our table.
"What kind of chicken is this?" She asked. "You bought a rotten meat to give me".
I was confused, I just bought this in her presence so why is she making a scene.
"Calm down, if the chicken is bad, it's from the restaurant, we just have to talk to them" I said trying to abate the situation and the scene she created.
"Don't tell me to calm down, and don't blame the restaurant. Why did you not get the more expensive chicken? You are trying to save money and giving me poison, right?
I decided there was no need for me to stay and take her insults nor try to appease her further, afterall I had already decided in my mind that I wouldn't proceed with her because of her boredom.
I stood up and walked out, I was heading for the door when I realised she was following me.
I assumed she wanted to apologise for her outburst but I didn't need her apology. There was no point waiting so I hastened up and entered the first taxi I saw before even asking where it was headed.
She called my phone but I didn't pick so she sent a message saying "I am sorry for how I spoke to you, please I don't have transport fare to go back home".