Already reaching the evening, i realized how fast time traveled with him next to me. "Ready?" He smirked at me.
"For what?" I wondered what he could possibly have planned more.
"You'll have to see." He raised his arm to escort me towards a taxi with his other hand holding mine, "After you."
"Peter, really where are we going? I'm full of paint!"
"Don't worry about that."
We pulled up to a building i didn't recognize, but it looked like some type of store. He grabbed my hand as he guided me out of the cab, i heard him tell the driver to wait.
"Wow, what is this place?" I said, looking around at the white crystallized walls.
"This, M, is where you get ready." I stared in confusion, then all of a sudden, i see two women approach me. "This is Sarah and Dominique." He explained as i shook their hands, "They're gonna clean you up!" The two ladies grabbed my arms and lead me into a back room, Peter walked the opposite way.
I gasped as i came across long beautiful dresses, "These are for me?"
"Yes Miss. We'll also help you get the paint off your face and hair!" Sarah giggled, "Come here." She had me lay in a chair as she washed my hair in the sink.
"Is this your salon?"
"The both of us, although i like to be the boss," Dominique was filled with such sass and i loved that. "Okay girl we got all the paint out, whatchu want for a hairstyle?"
"Umm... i trust your judgement."
"Okay! Though, i wouldn't trust her's." She sat on her hip as she gave a jokingly sassy glance at Sarah.
Once they were done blow-drying, one of them did my hair while the other did my makeup. "Can i face the mirror? I wanna see you guys in action."
"No girl, we call that the 'Awh Effect.' It's when we all done and we reveal your new look , then you go 'Awhhhh'."
I laughed at how much i wanted her to sass me 24/7, "Okay, Okay!"
"Love, we finished your hair and makeup, but you don't get to see til your dress is on. No peaking!" Sarah's soft voice explained while she guided me towards a rack of dresses.
"I like this one." I grabbed it off the rack and went into the mirror-less dressing room. Carefully, i slipped it over my head and walked out.
Two loud gasps came from their mouths. "You look absolutely stunning!" Sarah stated.
"Really?" I smoothed out the dress.
"ME-OW!" Dominique purred and clawed the air as i burst out laughing. "You ready babycakes?"
"Yeah, i'm ready." I took a big breathe of air as i clinched my eyes shut. They brought me in front of the mirror.
"You can open your eyes."
I opened my eyes, only to discover a beauty i had never seen before. My black hair was curly pinned up with a few strands of curls left down in the frame of my face. My makeup had natural tones to it with contouring, but a matte redish-pink lip brought it together. I laced my fingers down the sides of my body, amazed at the beauty of this dress. It reached the ends of my heels, shimmering black. It's very loose with little straps, a huge slit was cut out so you could see my entire tanned back. "Oh my, it's just-"
"Wait," i heard Dominique cut me off. "The finishing touch!" She opened a long black case, pulling out a necklace. She placed it on my neck and latched it together.
I stroked my fingers across it, recognizing the feeling. "My mother's necklace," my eyes welled up, "How did you know?"
"Peter." Sarah explained.
"But..."
"He said just to say 'First Date' and you'd know." I found it so astonishing how he could remember this. My mind was running in a million directions.
"Okay bebe, the car's waiting for you." Dominique explained.
I did a twirl around to face the girls, "Thank you so much, for everything. You two are truly talented." I said holding their hands.
"No problem, go get em mama!"
I pulled up the hips of my dress and sprinted towards the door in the utter most excitement.
