I went out with Arielle tonight. I've been wanting to do that for awhile, and I finally got the courage to ask her. The date went extremely well. It was way cool. Easily one of the best dates I've ever been on. Here's how it started. I was kind of complaining to my mom that I didn't really have anyone to go out with because I figured everyone still thought I had a girlfriend. My mom responded to this by saying that I need to suck it up and ask. So I did. I didn't think it would be that scary, but it was. I didn't know her phone number, so I had to go to her house and ask her out face to face. That was freakin' scary. Man I was nervous. It didn't help either that her family was within earshot. I've done some scary and nerve-wracking things in my life, and that one approaches the top of the list. I couldn't use my car for the date. I found out earlier that my car needs a new passenger side axel, so using it was out of the question. Not a problem. My mom's car is nicer anyway, and far more comfortable. After I washed it, I did a full detail on it. I don't think I ever cleaned that car so thoroughly before. That thing was shining, inside and out. I picked her up at 8 at her house. We then headed over to Wingers, where I missed the turn off and had to go around the stupid block. Oh well. There was plenty of time to kill. She said she's never been to Wingers before, so it was kinda cool to take her there. We took our time eating. In fact, we spent more time talking than eating. We didn't really shut up. We seemed to have everything to talk about. We finished eating at around 9:30, then headed on out to Lewiston to watch the fireworks. She said that she had also never been to Lewiston either. Bonus. So we get out there, and run into the usual traffic. We somehow managed to find a spot close to the fireworks. We took the same way in as I did last year, and sat in nearly the same spot. I had told her that it would be pretty close to where they'd be shooting them off from, and I wasn't kidding. The fireworks were pretty cool, and lasted for about 20 minutes or so. The cool thing about seeing the fireworks with Arielle was that it was just a pretty casual thing. I mean we got a parking spot close to where we sat, we only had to walk about 50 yards from the car, and the fireworks started not even five minutes after we got there. It wasn't a huge ordeal. It wasn't an ordeal at all. I didn't feel any stress about seeing them with her alone. I liked it. After the fireworks, we went and got smoothies at Cold Stone. We went outside to eat them because it was nice out. Again we talked. In fact, really the only time we didn't speak much was while watching the fireworks. Every other time it seemed like we had something to say. After that we drove around for a few minutes, showed her for some reason where club NVO was (still trying to figure out why) then figured the night was done. I really enjoyed going out with Arielle. Even though it was just the two of us the whole time, it didn't seem awkward or stressful at all. You'd think seeing fireworks together on a first date and it being just the two of us would be a little weird, but I didn't think it was at all. I thought it was a pretty good choice. I really like how we talked the whole time, and how she seemed to care about what I had to say. She was always asking different questions, and always seemed interested in everything. She was nice. Nice to me. She didn't have anything negative to say about anything. And it didn't seem like she was just pretending to be nice. She really is a kind person at all times. I didn't feel like she was just tolerating me, or looking for things I was doing wrong. She seemed to really have a good time. In no way did she appear to be stressed or anxious. And the cool thing was, I wasn't either. At no point during the entire night did I ever wonder if she wasn't having a good time. She made me feel like I was doing everything right. I never felt a twinge of stress. That was definitely one of the best dates I've ever been on. Probably because it felt like we were both sincere about everything. Nothing was pretended or forced. Yes, it was a good date. I hope I can take her out again. I want to, and I will. There are a few other girls I'd like to take out too, but I think the date we had tonight will always be held a little above the rest.