From Mountains to Lone Stars

I think nervous was the only way I could describe how I was feeling. Finally, finally, finally, Maverick and I were going on a date. Of course, we both still worked at Bruce, but Johnny had hired her on at Legends.

Since we knew she was heading to a new hall, we wanted to give this a shot. And this shot was making me fucking nervous. For some reason, I had decided that a date at the zoo would be the best first date option. We were going to the fucking zoo. The good news was, there probably wouldn't be any of that first date awkwardness because we already knew a lot about each other.

Checking myself in the mirror one last time, I grabbed my keys and left. We had decided that taking separate cars would be the best option. We didn't want anyone seeing us and thinking we were breaking rules. We were breaking rules, but we didn't want anyone to know that.

As I drove to the zoo, my nerves only got worse. She was such a great person, and I didn't want to ruin this by being weird or coming on too strong. She was so sweet, and I was excited to see where this went.

Maverick walked up to me wearing a Guns N' Rose tank top and the tightest pair of Levi jeans I had ever seen. My eyes nearly popped out of my head at the sight of her rocking that outfit. Her tattoos (of which I had no idea she had) stood out prominent on her skin. She looked like a metal goddess.

"You look amazing, Mav," I said and walked next to her to get our tickets.

"Thanks, so do you." She looked me up and down, taking in my outfit of black jeans and my own Guns N' Roses tank. We had unintentionally matched.

We purchased our tickets, me paying for hers since that was the gentleman thing to do and then we walked towards the map. She examined it for a bit and then led the charge toward the bird area.

"So, why did you choose UNT?" She asked as we watched a weird, large bird fly around it's area.

"It has an amazing music program, and all of my best friends were going. We're a bunch of California boys at heart, but Texas somehow managed to grab our attention."

She sent me a look. "I didn't know you majored in music."

"Yeah... jazz, but I prefer metal." I smirked at her.

"Oh man! Favorite artists?"

She grabbed my hand as we moved to another section of the zoo. I was mildly surprised, but I took her hand with a huge grin on my face. "I love Metallica, for obvious reasons. Pantera, Dream Theater, Megadeth. I mean, it's hard to pick just one. Guns N' Roses is up there, but I don't think many people would consider them metal."

Maverick laughed. "You are an interesting man, Matt."
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It was well into the night now, nearing Maverick's curfew. Resident assistants had a curfew Sunday through Thursday. It was to show a good example to the residents. And we still had an hour drive ahead of us.

"This has been amazing, Matt. Do you think we have a future?"

I laughed, pushing a strand of her hair behind her ear. "Let's wait until we have a few more dates before getting there."

I kissed her gently and all those heart feelings happened again. Kissing Maverick was indescribable and from the way she was kissing me back, I think she felt the same way. Maybe we did have a future, after all.

Notes

Updated! Fucking finally. Stupid god damn Wi-Fi. This was based off a first date I had a few weeks ago. That's a story for another time though.