Serendipity

CHAPTER 9

"I want to take you out on a date, " Noah announces when we both go to our rooms after breakfast.

"Who said I want to go with you?" I tease.

He ignores me, though. "I'll have to ask Ethan about the places here."

"When are we going?"

"I'll tell you the time and details later, " he pecks my cheek. "Bye, I have work to do."

I decide to go to the living room and join the twins, who appear to be coloring a picture and Mia, who's watching them.

When I go down to observe them, I see Riley coloring a picture of a girl and has colored the hair brown and the dress light blue.

"Can I join you?" I ask her and she nods shyly, moving the box of crayons towards me.

"Why don't we draw her a hair bow?" I suggest.

She eagerly nods her head. "Okay, okay!"

As I draw, her attention is drawn towards my orange painted nails.

She looks at me. "I want orange nails too!"

"Okay then, we'll get the nail paint from Ethan's mom's room. You and Chloe stay here, okay?" Mia stands up with me.

"They like you, you know?" Mia asks as we go to the room to retrieve the box of nail paint from his mom's wardrobe.

"Yeah? I'm glad. I like them too, "  I smile.

She nods. "Chloe more than Riley, I guess. We were coloring, right? Suddenly, Chloe looks at me and says, 'I want a hairstyle like Cassie!' And I just keep looking at her, not knowing what to say!"

I laugh at that, a faint blush forming on my cheeks.

Suddenly I get an idea. "Hey, why don't we actually do that? Her hair is already shoulder length, so we can just curl it a little or something, and we can carefully blow-dry Riley's hair to get it straight like yours and we can pose for a picture together. The two of us and our mini-versions kinda thing?" I ask and she excitedly agrees.

We go downstairs and explain our idea to the kids. "But first can we paint our nails?" Riley asks and we agree.

After carefully applying the nail paint to their tiny nails, we tie Chloe's hair into a tight braid, then let them gush about their nails, while we call Ethan and Noah downstairs.

"What's happening?" Noah asks, looking at Chloe's braid.

"We want you to click a picture of the four of us, " Mia starts explaining the idea to them.

"So?" Noah gives a blank expression at Mia's excited explanation.

"Show a little bit of excitement in your life, you dumbass!" Mia chides him.

"Oh wow!" Noah fans his face dramatically. "How exciting! Isn't it Ethan?" he looks at Ethan, playfully blinking his eyes. Ethan rolls his eyes.

I smack Noah's forehead and he looks at me with a wounded expression. "Really? Really?"

I chuckle. "What's up with you?"

"He acts like this when he's really happy. And we all know why he's happy today. Don't worry, he'll be back to normal soon, " Mia tells me.

"Today at seven, " he whispers in my ear once they walk away.

I look at him, confused. "The date, " he clarifies with a smirk. "Get ready for the best date of your life."

"How am I supposed to dress?"

"Something classy but not too flashy."

"That rhymed!" I smile at him.

"Yeah, I did that on purpose, " he gives me another peck on my cheek and walks away.

After an hour of sitting and talking, we decide to untie Chloe's hair and it's perfect. Like, the exact amount of waviness that my hair has. Riley's hair is now blow-dried straight, just like Mia's.

"We'll sit on the couch and they'll stand next to us, okay?" I suggest.

"No, how about we let them stand and we kneel down to their level?" Mia asks.

I smile and give her a thumbs up. We all decided to wear white so it would appear neat. Plus all of us had white clothes so it was easy to match.

"Are you guys done?" Noah asks with a huff.

"Yeah, we are, " we all go and stand in front of the sky blue painted wall of Ethan's room.

Chloe and Riley stand next to each other and we kneel down, my arms around Chloe's shoulder and Mia's around Riley.

Noah starts clicking the pictures with his phone, occasionally asking us to shift closer or a little apart, and smile wider and even suggests different poses for us. And when we all go look at the pictures, I'm shocked at how good they are! They're like a professional's.

"You're good at this!" I tell him, meaning it, and he shrugs.

I ask him to send the picture to me and post it on Instagram. After a while, when I log in to look at the comments, they are all about how cute the picture is, especially how cute the girls are. I look at Noah, who's peeping at the phone screen over my shoulder.

I lean in to kiss his cheek. "Thank you for the picture!"

"You're welcome, " he smiles charmingly. "I can't wait for tonight."

"Me too, " I grin back.

Sooo, heyy long time no see huh? :p

Really sorry for not updating sooner. I had to prepare for my exams and they're finally done for a while! Phew 😆

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