"Ughh!" she groaned as she scrambled through her closet, looking for the perfect dress to wear for tonight.
She landed her eyes on a slick baby-pink dress hiding deep inside--a place too dark for the naked eye to see, and an identical blue one hanging on the rack right next to it.
She grabbed the hangers of the two dresses and pulled them out of her closet. Giving them a good stare, she turned around and faced the man seated on the couch behind her.
"Which one suits me better, Loke?" she questioned, looking back and forth at both dresses.
His legs were crossed and a blue-hardcover book was laying on his lap as he flipped through the pages, scanning the words before him.
He drifted his eyes from the pages and looked at her.
"Where are you going?" He asked after registering her question.
"Weren't you listening to me at all?" she frustratedly complained as she brought down her hands.
"Sorry but The Fault in Our Stars is damn captivating. I mean seriously, the author is incredible." He exclaims, looking back down at the book in fondness.
"Since when did the Great Lawyer Loke read romantic and passionate novels?" she sarcastically questioned, placing a hand on her waist.
"What can I say, your love for romantic novels is contagious." He responds. "I blame you for all those nights I cried over non existing characters."
She chuckled, knowing that was fair.
"Whatever," she rolled her eyes and held up the dresses again. "I'm going on a date in thirty minutes and I need you to tell me which dress I should wear," she urged as she looked at him with hopeful eyes.
"Date?" He shut his book. "You're going on a date?" He placed it on the mini-round table in front of him. "What date?" He slowly stood up from the couch.
"Well, if you were listening you would know." she neatly placed the dresses on her bed sighing, and sat aside them as the bed bounced a little.
"Date with who?" He questioned as he crossed his arms.
"This guy called Nathan." She sloppily explained.
I mean, I already told him about this.
"Nathan..." He thoughtfully repeated his name. "Who's he?"
"He got coffee all over my blouse the other day when I was going to work and was kind enough to buy me a new one. Remember Bloomingdales? Yeah, he took me there." She explained as she pulled a strand of hair behind her ear and leaned back, placing her hands behind her.
"And now, what, you're going on a date with him because of a blouse?" He mocked.
"It's not that!" She defended. "It's the gesture itself. He even placed a little sticky note in my bag with his number on it and everything... it's charming." She smiled, proving to Loke she was actually interested.
He took a few steps toward her with his arms still crossed.
"Did you forget what happened to you last week or something?"
"Yeah, I know. But-"
"There are no buts. You almost got killed, Lucy. And now you're going on a date with some random dude you met on the streets?"
"Loke... " she stood up from the bed. "I know what happened but I'm not going to keep punishing myself over it," she explained.
After a long pause, he let out a sigh as he turned around and scratched the back of his head.
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FanfictionNALU MAFIA. She shakes her head in refusion, "N-No...please, I need you to listen." The officer met his eyes with her intensely, grinding his teeth in stress as he kneeled down to get on her level, holding her hand with both of his in the process...
