My first date...

I had my first date this past weekend. I don't think I have ever really dated. In high school, we would just hang out with friends and I most likely already knew and was friends with the person I was "dating". Well, my friends have been trying to set me up with their friend since my last relationship ended. Three weeks ago, I went to a party and his house without my friends (a very brave thing for me to do). I was the last person to leave and this boy and I started talking. Of course we had had a little to drink. I was sobering quickly but he was still pretty far gone. We started talking and I enjoyed it a lot. I felt really comfortable with him and I thought there was a connection. I ended up staying at his house that night. I didn't trust myself to drive, and who doesn't want to have a hot make-out session with a great guy. Well, it turns out I'm the only girl he's ever had stay over, and that was definitely the first time I had ever stayed with a boy. Well, I ended up seeing him a couple times afterwards, but he's really shy, and I am too so we didn't talk to each other. He was afraid I was expecting more from him than he was ready for. My friend talked to him and she told him that I have never done that before, and that I thought there was some kind of connection, but that I screwed things up with him by staying over. Well, we were supposed to talk to each other a couple times over the weekend and I never did. So I got up the nerve to ask if he wanted to go out to dinner. I have never called a boy ever so it was really scary to me. Anyways, where this whole long rambling story is going.... We went out to dinner on sunday. I had a lot of fun, we talked a lot and got to know each other a little more. He's kinda a hard guy to read so I think he had fun, but I'm not 100% sure. I hope that we get to go do something again, and I'm sure that I will hang out at his house a lot (since that is where most of the parties are). I have no expectations right now. I don't want to get my hopes up at this point in time. It was fun and that's all that matters.