One evening, my girlfriend was home alone with her two dogs. Everyone else had gone out, so she called me and asked me to come to see her. I thought it was a bit strange that she called me at this time. It was too early to go to pick her up. Plus I was working on my web site at the time.

So I asked her, "Why?" She answered with the words, "no reason". That made me want to know more. So I asked her to tell me why first. I also said that I wouldn’t go to her house until she told me. Then she said that there is something she wanted to show me but she didn’t want to tell me.

I kept asking her "What is it?" but she didn’t want to tell me. She kept saying "wait and see". Then a while later, I felt that her tone was starting to change and she was speaking louder and louder. I knew straight away that she was getting moody and would be very angry soon, so I stopped asking her. I said sorry and told her that I would be leaving in five minutes. She said sorry back and asked me to call her when I got there. I replied "OK", then we hung up but I still thought about what she was going to show me. I really wanted to know. What do you think it was?

All the way to her house, I couldn’t stop thinking about what she was going to show me. I was very excited to know and wanted to find out quickly. So I rode to her house as fast as I could. In my excitement, I nearly crashed into the car in front and I also nearly got stopped by the police for not wearing a helmet. Luckily I could ride faster when the police were running after me!!!

I finally got to the 7-Eleven near her house. I quickly got off my bike and went to call her from the phone box. I talked to her for several minutes. She said that I shouldn’t park my bike near her house or her neighbour’s house because someone might see me go in and make a call to her mum. She asked me to park in front of the 7-Eleven and walk from there straight into her house. I said "OK" and then hung up the phone. I took a few deep breaths before I started walking.

From the 7-Eleven, it took me less than two minutes to get to her house. With every step I felt more excited and nervous. When I was in front of her house, I took another deep breath before pushing the front door open and then I walked in.

Tai stood up from her mum’s working chair after she saw me coming through the front door. Then she smiled and asked me to follow her up to her bedroom. I was both very excited and scared. Her mum could come back anytime and I didn’t think it was a good idea if she came back and saw me there with her daughter in her bedroom. Even though I have been going out with Tai for one year now, we have never met.

We walked up to the third floor to Tai’s bedroom. I was standing in front of her bedroom while Tai was opening the door. I felt very very excited then because soon I would find out what she was going to show me plus it would be my first time going into her bedroom. By this time, I didn’t feel scared about her mum coming back at all. I only felt excited.

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