A Double Date: A Double-double Date

The waitress waited patiently, then smiled at one of her regular customers.

"I will have a double-double, please," said Nina, a short, blonde girl, who loved her afternoon coffee at the deli.

"Me too, please and thank you," said Gareth, the tall, dark haired man standing beside her at the counter. "Think that double-double will make you any taller?"

They laughed heartily, obviously enjoying each other's company.

"You will have to take me just as I am!" Nina retorted. "I am long past my growing phase."

They laughed again.

"These two always have so much fun when they are together!" thought Rachel, a tall, thin girl with auburn hair, the next in line. "I need to find someone just like this guy for myself."

"I will have a double-double, too!" Rachel piped up nervously, much louder than she realized. "Please."

Moments later, the three of them sat down to enjoy their coffee together.

"Maybe we should go on a double date, sometime," Rachel suggested, after they had chatted for a while. "It might be fun for all of us!"

"I know just the guy for you!" said Nina, with a mischievous grin. "You will adore him."

"I will take your word for it," Rachel replied. "Guys who drink double-doubles cannot be all bad."

"I don't know if he drinks double-doubles," said Gareth.

"He does," replied Nina. "Trust me!"

"Trust you? When you say that, I always know you have something up your sleeve," said Gareth, with a grin.

Later, Rachel opened her front door and much to her surprise, a very short, chubby, bald man wearing a dark suit and huge, tinted sunglasses, was standing there holding two double-doubles.

"Hi, you must be Rachel. I'm Barth. I guarantee this won't make you any shorter," he said, with a grin, handing her a double-double.

Rachel nodded and smiled.

"The others are waiting in the car, but let's give them a moment together."