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Chapter 13

A.N.

A friend of mine has been reading this book since the beginning and has been a great support. He has a talent for making renders of all sort of things and now he has surprised me by making Anna the way he sees her.
I think she looks beautiful in this! Her face is just perfect and the pub behind her is so close to how I've been seeing it in my head.
Really this guy has some great talent and I'm honoured that he choose to make Anna.
Thank you!

❖Anna❖

When I told Christy about my date with Gabriel, she insisted on helping me get ready.
And that is how I ended up here.
I'm sitting on my bed, looking at Christy who is trying to get eaten by my closet. At least, that is what it looks like. The only thing that I can see are her legs and sometimes an arm holding out something I need to try on.

"How about this?" Christy holds out the fourth pair of jeans, with an old shirt of mine. "Girl, you need some new stuff." She says while slowly coming back out of my closet. Her hair is everywhere and I can see some sweat on her face.
"I don't need new clothing Christy. I just need something nice to wear tonight. You know you don't have to do this right, if it's too difficult. I could always just throw something together mys..."
"No!" Christy screams, not letting me finish my sentence and I can see her practically jumping back into the closet. "I said I would help you get ready, so I will help you get ready. It is my mission to find something you can wear on the date."

After another hour of Christy disappearing in my closet, she hands me a 'casual/chique' outfit, as she called it. It's an old Bordeaux skirt with a white turtle neck, and it looks really cute when paired together.

"Thanks Christy. I don't think I would have chosen this myself."
"I know I'm great." Christy says with a smile, making me laugh. "Sure you are chris, and completely modest as well."
Christy pushes me on the bed and laughs. "I know girl, aren't I just wonderful. And now'" she changes her voice to sound like she is a presenter of one of those quiz shows, "it's time for make-up."
Groaning I let het do her thing. Knowing that nothing I could say would change her mind.
Let's just hope that she doesn't take it too far.

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Christy took two and a half hours to get me ready. Right now, I'm standing in front of the mirror, looking at myself and I'm actually surprised with what I see.
I look so different from the way I did before.
The bruises are all gone. I've became a little curved instead of my early, way to skinny self. The curl in my hair looks fuller and I... I look happy.
That's the thing that surprises me the most. I haven't seen myself happy since the day that my mother died.

With a small smile I step into my living room. I still have an hour to spare before Gabriel comes to pick me up.
I decide to read a little. One of the plus sides of working in the library; I get a free subscription, meaning that I can bring home as many books as I want.

At 7pm the doorbell rings and I can feel the nerves exploding in my body.
I do a quick check on my clothing and hair, making sure everything looks okay, and open the door.

Gabriel is leaning against the doorframe, looking down.
Once he notices that the door is open, he slowly looks up through his lashes and it takes everything in me to not swoon right there.
I can feel his eyes room over my body as he takes in how I look and I take that moment to do the same for him.
He's in the usual black jeans, but this time he has it paired with a very dark blue blouse and a black jacket. I've never seen him wear much colour, not that I'm complaining, cause these dark colours are making him look very handsome and mysterious.

"You're beautiful Anna." He says and my cheeks turn tomato red.
"You're not so bad yourself either." I somehow manage to say, making Gabriel snicker.
"Ready to go?" I nod yes as an answer and Gabriel offers me his arm.
Together we walk to his car.