I've had my fair share of bad dates, but I think the ABSOLUTE WORSE ended with me in handcuffs, and my date running from the police. My best friend at the time set me up on a blind date with her boyfriends cousin. The cousin had apparently saw pictures of me at my best friends house and wanted to take me out. I was single and knew her boyfriend came from a good family, so I figured why not.
Anyway, we met at the campus game room/arcade and hung out there for a while. Things were going great so we walked to my best friends dorm and continued hanging out there until her boyfriend (my dates cousin) got off of work. There were a couple of events going on downtown (off campus) that night and we were all excited to go UNTIL the guys realized the location of the event.
I noticed they gave each other a weird side eye once they realized the location and kept trying to speak in code. Being young and dumb my best friend and I completely blew it off and kept trying to talk them into going with us. Eventually we convinced them, but in the strangest most awkward way they said they would only go if they had enough time to change clothes, shave their faces, and take their braids out/ restyle their hair. Pretty much change their overall appearance in a short amount of time. AGAIN- being young and dumb I thought nothing of it and even volunteered to quickly unbraid their hair and put it into an afro pony tail for them...
Long story short we get to the event and the entire time we are in line the guys were looking around over their shoulders... the whole time!! Pacing and just acting so paranoid. I noticed one of the bouncers pointed to my date and then signaled for another bouncer to look our way too. Then in the distance I saw a police car creeping around the corner. When I turned around, I saw another police car creeping around the corner behind us to the left and another coming from the opposite direction on the right. Before I could say anything to the guys and my bestie, or even really realize what was going on I saw the bouncers charging our direction, my best friends boyfriend reaching to pull out a gun...and my date RUNNING.
I don't know if I just stood there like a deer in headlights or what exactly happened in that quick moment, but all I know is someone was carrying me over their shoulder and a ton of people screaming, running and ducking behind anything they could hide behind. JUST PURE AND UTTER CHAOS. Once we got to what seemed to be a safe area behind a dumpster the guy who was carrying me put me down and made sure I was alright. (Side note: Later that night after being questioned by the police for hours I discovered he was a class mate and until that day I'd never noticed him before SMH... we also ended up dating for YEARS after that but that's another story LOL)
Anyway, after hiding behind this alley dumpster for what seemed like forever, we decided to head back toward the event parking lot with hopes to find our group of friends and get the heck out of there. Of course, as soon as we get to the end of the alley there are a ton of police everywhere and they cuffed us (and everyone else that were coming back-right away -on sight.- No questions asked, no nothing! Just cuffed and sat down on the curb until they had a chance to talk to you. SMH)
To sum all of this up, my best friends boyfriend and my date were apart of a drug deal gone wrong a few weeks prior to that particular night. As retaliation, they robbed and beat the owner of the venue, his son and two of the bouncers that were working that night. Although all of this had taken place weeks to months before the night of the event, there was obviously still some bad blood there, resulting in the chaos that took place the night of our "first date" SMH
Sad part is my best friend had NO IDEA about her boyfriends involvement in any of this mess prior to that night... needless to say they broke up a few days later once he was released from jail, then maybe a month to two months later her ex-boyfriend and my date were both murdered. CRAZY RIGHT!!!!