Pirates Plank

Archive for February 3rd, 2010

Susie had a great day yesterday and it was one that she is not likely to soon forget. It was the one year anniversary of the first time she and her the geography lab partner Mike had pizza together while they planned their final project for the class. Susie had developed a crush on Mike while they were working together and kept it to herself even after he asked if she wanted to discuss their project over pizza at Caffe Davinci. They would have to drive to it and Susie tried not look too excited when Mike suggested they take his car. As they passed one of the luxury hotels in Columbus Susie indulged in a brief fantasy about marrying Mike.

She normally loved Davinci’s pizza, but that particular day she was too excited or nervous to eat much. The conversation about geology helped though and brought her nerves down and attention back into focus. In fact, she was so focused on school that when Mike put down his coke, paused and then looked her right in the eyes, she thought she had made an error in calculation. “Do you think you’d want to see a movie or something this weekend? We could talk about class to make it productive.” Did Mike just ask her out? Susie wasn’t sure but she said yes anyway.

A year later she and Mike were absolutely in love and rarely thought about geology. They celebrated that day having pizza as their first personal encounter because they found out later that secretly they both believed they were destined to be together. To honor their first year together, and the fact that they passed geology, they spent the day at the Wexner Center for the Arts. Susie planned to be an art historian and this was the perfect place for Mike to take her. This is a multi purpose facility they spent time viewing the latest exhibit Disquieting Landscapes before heading to the Gateway Film Center to see Seraphine. After the film they went to Caffe Davinic’s and Mike seemed nervous as he brought up their first meeting. He talked about various minerals and precious gems from class and mentioned that there was a certain geologic aspect of a new project he wanted to work on with Susie, kind of dorky but also kind of cute. Right there in front of everyone Mike got on his knee and presented the stone that Susie had been waiting to see for a year.