Chapter 6- Sugar, Spice, and Everything Nice
The box I opened had a card with my name in beautiful calligraphy on it. I opened it with shaky hands and began to read.
Lou, I can't wait for our date on Saturday. I really hope you like this and I hope it wasn't to bold. Anyway, see you Saturday! -Will
Oh my gosh, he got me a present?! The smile on my face was huge as I lifted the tissue paper out of the box. It was filled with a single red rose with something wrapped around the stem. It was a beautiful charm bracelet with a book and water tower on it. That was where we had our first date! This guy is so full of surprises. Nobody has ever done anything like this before and I am on the brink of tears. I needed something like this to make me happier again.
I quickly rush up stairs and call Leah telling her we need to go shopping for clothes for the date on Saturday. I can't wait to tell her about this!
When I wake up the sun is shining in my eyes and I rush to get ready. After eating breakfast the doorbell rings and Leah is here.
"Hi Lou." She tells me, still looking very tired which I can understand because I did tell her to come early.
"Hi!!!" I say while making a big gesture with my hand hoping she sees the bracelet.
"Why are you acting so wei- what is that?" She asks me as she raises her eyebrows.
"What do you mean?" I ask her, playing dumb.
"You know darn well what I mean! Where did you get that bracelet? It's so pretty!" She exclaims, grabbing my wrist and examining it closely.
"Let's see, who could possibly give me a bracelet? I mean maybe it's the guy I'm going on a date with Saturday???" I squeal jumping up and down.
"Oh my gosh! I can't believe it, this is so sweet of him to do. I mean you're not even dating him which means he must really like you!" She replies, looking like she can't believe he did something like this, which I can't either.
"I don't know if he really even likes me that much." I answer, looking at the floor.
Leah is looking at me like I'm delusional. "Huh, whatever Lou, how about we head out then?"
I follow her out the door. We get into the car and blast the radio while we sing our hearts out to Shawn Mendes.
"Oh I've been shaking
I love it when you go crazy
Baby there's nothin' holdin' me back!"
When we get to the mall our first stop is at my favorite store, Sugar, Spice, and Everything Nice. As soon as we walk in my eye lands on a yellow sundress that lands just above the knees. It has a woven back with off the shoulder sleeves, which reminds me of a dress you would wear to the beach. I decide to pull it from the rack and try it on. I also grab a pair of lace up brown boots that go up to my knees.
When I step out of the dressing room I ask Leah what she thinks.
"Girl, when he sees that dress on you he is never going to take his eyes off you! It looks great!" She tells me, giving me the "you have to get that or else," Look.
"I like it too. I mean usually I don't go for dresses but I really like it. And you, you look awesome in that blue dress. It brings out your eyes like crazy!" I tell her. We change back into our normal clothes and check out. It's super rare that we find something in the first store we go into, so we got lucky today.
After stopping to eat Leah drops me off at home and I tell her I'll see her tomorrow. After heading inside I decide I'm going to go visit my dad.
As I walk into my dads room I see that he doesn't seem to be looking any better. I will him to wake up and pray for him but nothing happens. I pull a chair near the bed turn on the TV and enjoy the time I still have with him. Even though he can't talk he is still here with me.
I end up dozing off and am woken up by a nurse I'm not familiar with.
"Honey, it's 11:00, why don't you go home and get some rest." She tells me with sympathy in her eyes.
11:00? How did I fall asleep that long?
I slowly nod my head, give my dad a kiss goodbye and drive home, crawl into bed and fall asleep almost instantly.
I wake up and realize it's Saturday! I can barely contain my excitement and the day seems to zip by. When I check the clock it's 5:00 and I decide to start getting ready since everyone is meeting at my house and leaving from there.
First I put on my makeup, adding a little more this time because it's our second date. I apply mascara, eyeshadow, eyeliner, and a peach lipstick. Then I slip on my bracelet from Will and dress so I don't ruin my hair, which I curl into beach waves to go with the dress I bought. After I'm done I look in the mirror and barely recognize what I see. The person looking back at me looks older and not to sound conceded, but also prettier than normal.
At 6:30 the doorbell rings and I assume it must be Leah. I open it to find Will standing there in khaki pants and a dark green button down shirt. When he looks at me his eyes widen and he doesn't say anything which makes things a little, actually a lot uncomfortable.
"Uh, hi. You can come in." I tell him, but my voice comes out cracky.
"Okay." He replies still not taking his eyes off me.
"What?" I ask him, embarrassed that he won't stop staring at me.
"It's just, you look really great tonight." He says trying to find the right words and the shy Will is back but only for a second. His eyes flicker to my bracelet. The bracelet! I have to thank him.
"Thanks, so do you! By the way I love the bracelet, it's beautiful." I tell him.
He steps closer to me so that we are inches from each other. "I'm glad you like it." He says and I try to say something to break the silence.
"Yeah, I, um." I ramble when the corner of his lips quirk up.
"Hmm, somebody seems a little nervous. Don't worry I like it when you ramble nerd." He tells me, as he gives me a wink.
I playfully shove his shoulder. "Well it's hard not to be when you stare at me like that." I quickly shoot back, happy at his compliment but mad that my stupid cheeks keep blushing.
"Well it's hard not to stare at you, I mean you look really great tonight, but so different." He looks at me seriously. "I just want to let you know that you don't have to wear all this makeup for me. I think you look wonderful without I'll of it on. You just seem less comfortable with it on that's all." He tells me and it's like he read my mind.
"Really? Thank you!" I tell him, letting out the breath I didn't know I was holding in. "I hate the feeling it leaves on my face!"
"I kind of figured, I like you for you, not because of the makeup you wear. You look amazing without it." He replies very sincerely. He leans over and whispers in my ear "That dress though, jeez Lou, I swear you're trying to kill me!"
I feel my face turn crimson red and he starts to lean in.
"Hey gu... woah, sorry to interrupt!" Leah says as she walks in with Zach following close behind.
"It's fine, you didn't interrupt anything!" I blurt and Leah wiggles her eyebrows at me.
"Sureee, well we should probably get going if we want to make our reservation." Leah responds, giving me the look. As we are heading out the door Zach's phone rings.
"What? Okay, I understand. You too, bye. Well, looks like we're ordering pizza! They gave our reservation away because some rich guy needed the place tonight and was willing to pay them big bucks." Zach tells us all, looking disappointed and angry.
"Don't worry about it. We'll make it fun here!" Leah tells him placing her hand on his bicep and I know exactly what she's doing. Sneaky, very sneaky.
We order two large pizzas and when they get here I can't wait to dig in. As usual it's delicious and the double date is awesome! Nothing is awkward and we joke back and forth the whole time and get to know Zach. He seems like a nice guy but there's something that seems off about him. When I get up to head to the kitchen to get a drink he says he's going to get one too.
"So, you and Leah seem to really be hitting it off!" I tell him, testing the waters.
"Yeah, she's a great girl but we are just casually seeing each other for now in case something better comes along." He says and winks at me.
Did he just do what I think he did? No way, he wouldn't flirt with me when Leah is in the other room. I brush it off and nod my head, thinking he wouldn't do that. We head back in and at 1:00 everybody but Will leaves.
"You don't have to help me clean Will." I tell him, feeling bad that he's still here.
"No, really it's fine. You shouldn't have to do this all by yourself and let's face it you know you want me here." He says raising his eyebrows. I try to do the same but end up making a face that looks like I'm constipated. We both end up breaking out in laughter rolling around on the floor.
"I take it you can't raise your eyebrows?" He asks.
"Hmmm, what gave it away?" I reply sarcastically as he gets up to leave.
"I had a lot of fun tonight Lou." He says, walking over to me.
"Me too." I reply breathlessly, thinking for sure he's going to kiss me. He wraps his arms around my waist and looks down at me. After he does nothing I decide to just be be bold and ask him why he isn't.
"Are you going to kiss me?" I ask, like it's obvious he should.
His face turns into a smile. "Nope. I'm doing that when you're not expecting it and lets be honest, right now it's predictable. That means that there's going to have to be a next time so, how about we go out on Monday?" He asks me leaving me excited that he wants to see me again.
"That sounds like a good plan. All of it." I respond, feeling giddy.
"Ok, I'll see you then." He says, pulling me into a hug.
"See ya!" I tell him, hugging back. He waves goodbye and walks out the door.
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